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Democrats’ shutdown miscalculation inflames the base it set out to please

By Emily Jashinsky

Published January 22, 2018 9:44pm ET

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Democrats’ shutdown miscalculation inflames the base it set out to please — The shutdown turned out to be a mess for the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Democrats’ solution to the government shutdown could be as harmful to the party as the shutdown was itself.

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