Exactly why are the Democrats trying to save Republicans from a drubbing in the midterms? Their shutdown of the government to stop cuts in health coverage does not work to their political advantage — or ultimately help those they purport to be protecting.

Republicans running for reelection know that their One Big Beautiful Bill will cause millions to lose health insurance. It is already spiking the cost of buying coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. Republicans are scared. Donald Trump says wait till 2026 for his economic policies to bring prices down. This was supposed to happen one his “Day One.” Inflation continues untamed. Add in weak job numbers and we have stagflation. Nothing Trump is doing would change this trajectory, and Americans feel it. Polls show them unhappy about

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