Sadly capitulation leaves us in a position where suffering is the only outcome. Now millions of people will lose healthcare coverage and millions more will have their premiums increase. Tens of thousands already die annually in the US due to lack of access to coverage. This will add thousands more.

There was a court order for Trumps administration to tap into an emergency fund to send out SNAP benefits for this month which Trump intended to defy.

The question is who do people think is responsible? I cited those numbers because clearly the average American holds Trump and his administration accountable for this.

Your language is weak and passive. People were starving? No, Donald Trump and his administration were willingly and conciously starving people. It was up to them to find a solution to that and there were several options. They control all facets of government. They just didn't care.

The only point of having the shutdown go this long was to secure concessions. Some type of long term benefit for the short term struggle. Now people have suffered for nothing, courtesy of the Democrats.

We need to stop acting like the Democrats are the adults in a room full of children, left no choice but to "save" every situation by capitulating to fascists. Because I think you know where that takes us. Or at least I hope you do.

And in 2 months they won't have any health insurance because their premiums will be doubling, so they will be starving then as well. All that has happened is that the Democrats have given the Republicans everything they wanted again.