Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made clear Democrats are not backing down from their health care demands, as the U.S. government enters its second week of a shutdown.

In a heavily produced video posted to social platform X, the Democratic leader blamed his opponents for the shutdown and outlined the reasons his party is insisting on a deal to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies — which are set to expire at the end of the year, resulting in rising insurance premiums — before they support the GOP proposal to reopen the government.

“So now we're a government shutdown. And you may be asking yourself, ‘How the hell did we get here?’ Schumer said in the opening of the video, which was posted Tuesday evening.

“Donald Trump and the Republican Party are hellbent on takin

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