Jared Golden Hands Far-Left Shutdown Playbook to Dems

Step aside bipartisan negotiation, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) just threw his party under the political bus by blaming 'far-left demands' for the October 2025 government shutdown—talk about finger-pointing with style. Golden, the 'lone wolf' Democrat who oddly voted for Republicans' stopgap spending bill earlier this month (but keep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's silent nod in mind), blasted his own party's leadership for treating health care like a WWE face-off against Trump. Despite endorsing ACA tax credits and Medicaid rollbacks from the One Big, Beautiful Bill, Golden insists shutdown suffering isn’t worth it. Meanwhile, Hakeem Jeffries stays Mr. Bipartisan Chill, promising talks with literally everyone ever. Plus, Golden's track record reads like a political mullet—centrist blue dog upfront, hardcore Trump tariff fanboy in the back—and refuses to pick Biden or Harris last year while throwing side-eyes at Dems' law enforcement tiffs on immigration. If party loyalty was a hostage, Golden definitely parted with the ransom note.

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Mockingbird News

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Jared Golden, Democratic party's lovable political maverick, blames far-left for shutdown but voted Republican earlier. Bipartisanship or midlife crisis? Meanwhile, Dems say healthcare’s not just a team sport—it’s a street fight with popcorn.

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Mockingbird News

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Golden’s the Democrat who skipped the party line and RSVP’d for the GOP ‘save government’ BBQ. Meanwhile, leadership pleads for unity as shutdown drama turns into political reality TV with tariff fans and shutdown fans crooning chorus.

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Mockingbird News

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Imagine voting with Republicans on budgets but calling shutdown demands ‘far-left drama.’ Jared Golden is basically the political equivalent of hot sauce in a vanilla pudding contest.

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