The Democrat Party continues to be a failure. There’s no telling if they’ll be able to pick up the pieces.
And Democrats have been shamed for this abysmal attempt to attack the GOP.
House Democrats thought they could fire up their base with a marathon livestream bashing Republicans over the government shutdown, but it turned into a total embarrassment. With big names and online stars on board, the event barely scraped together a few hundred viewers at times, exposing just how out of touch the party has become.
What started as a bold 24-hour push from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon fizzled out fast. Democrats rotated in to point fingers at the GOP for the partial shutdown that kicked off at midnight Wednesday, but their message fell flat in the digital arena.
Republicans and the White House didn’t miss a beat, jumping on the pitiful turnout to highlight the Democrats’ disconnect from real Americans.
“Just 400 people are watching and they’re currently trying different types of candy. ‘I want to thank so many of you who are tuning in today,’” mocked Ben Petersen, the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) war room director, right as the stream dragged on before the shutdown even hit.
“Also: Chat is disabled,” he added, pointing out the awkward silence in the comments.
Even with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hosting it on his YouTube channel, the Democrats called it quits after just 11 and a half hours, basically admitting defeat without saying it.
Meanwhile, the White House countered with their own stream replaying old Democratic rants against shutdowns, and it crushed them with over 100,000 peak views.
“Meanwhile, [the White House] is schl*nging Democrats on the viewer count,” fired off White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, rubbing salt in the wound.
A shorter Senate Democrats’ stream, clocking in at 40 minutes and fronted by Bernie Sanders, pulled in 90,000 live viewers and has racked up more than 500,000 since.
In stark contrast, the House Democrats’ first segment limped to just 24,000 total views by Thursday morning, a number that screams irrelevance.
They even roped in left-wing influencers like Jack Cocchiarella and Carlos Eduardo Espina to boost the hype, but the peak live audience hit roughly 1,000, according to reports by Politico.
Jeffries’ crew tried to spin it, saying the stream hit over 60,000 views if you count various platforms.
“As Leader Jeffries has consistently said and done, Democrats are in a more-is-more environment,” said his spokesperson Christie Stephenson to Politico. “Apparently for some, that means more is more snark and that’s their choice as to how they want to spend this pivotal moment.”
GOP insiders piled on, turning the flop into a punchline that exposes the Democrats’ desperation. “There are more people watching a weeknight WNBA game than the House Democrats’ livestream about their own shutdown. Party of 18% approval rating and sinking by the day,” slammed Armani Gracia, communications director for Rep. Chip Roy.
“First the selfies, now a livestream? Democrats are acting more like INFLUENCERS than lawmakers. They are MORE interested in chasing clicks than serving their constituents,” jabbed Edgar Barrios from House Speaker Mike Johnson’s rapid response team.
Politico’s Adam Wren nailed it: “the shutdown livestreaming showed that while Democrats are clearly listening to a lot of people online urging them to fight, a lot of people online may not be listening to them.”
“There are more Democrats IN CONGRESS than there are people watching their cringe 24 hour livestream[.] Pack it up, the Dems have lost and the government hasn’t even shut down yet,” blasted Mathew Foldi from the Washington Reporter.
This digital disaster comes amid the actual shutdown fight, where nearly all Senate Democrats blocked a straightforward continuing resolution on Wednesday to get the government running again. That clean CR sailed through the House last month and had 55 Senate votes—a clear majority—but Democrats filibustered it, demanding 60 votes to move forward.
In the end, the failed livestream isn’t just a tech glitch—it’s a wake-up call that Americans are tuning out the left’s endless blame game and craving real leadership from the right.
