Rep. Maxine Waters admitted that Democrats are “demanding healthcare for everybody” in their fight against the continuing resolution bill.

“Are Democrats demanding healthcare for illegal aliens?” a reporter asked Waters on Capitol Hill this week.

“Democrats are demanding healthcare for everybody,” Waters responded.

Republicans have repeatedly “maintained that the continuing resolution they are advocating for has no new programs in it and is therefore a clean measure.”

Democrats are turning the fight into a “political message against Republicans,” according to Rep. Chip Roy.

“They’re throwing out a whole host of other things they want to, quote, continue, because they want to set up a political message against Republicans,” he said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

“Again, Republicans’ message is pretty simple: Let’s keep government funding the same way Democrats did, I think, 13 times during the Biden presidency, to be able to continue to move things forward on a continuing resolution,” Roy added.

This week, 44 Senate Democrats voted to block a House-passed “spending plan just hours before a long-anticipated funding deadline.”

This action sent “the federal government careening toward a full shutdown for the first time since 2013.”

“The gambit is sure to please, if only temporarily, the radical Democrat base clamoring for further resistance to President Donald Trump’s government,” Breitbart News reported.

“But with little incentive for Republicans to make concessions to Democrats, no apparent path for Democrats to exit the shutdown exists. And the plan is widely predicted to backfire, causing long-term damage to Democrats.”

Waters’ response reveals the expansive entitlement mindset driving Democratic opposition.

“Healthcare for everybody” includes illegal aliens who broke immigration laws to enter the country.

Democrats refuse to distinguish between American citizens and foreign nationals illegally present.

This position shows how far left the party has moved on immigration issues.

Republicans offered a clean continuing resolution with no new spending programs.

Democrats rejected this straightforward approach to keep the government running.

Instead, they’re demanding massive new expenditures including healthcare for illegal immigrants.

The timing of this admission during shutdown negotiations is particularly revealing.

Waters didn’t deny that Democrats want healthcare for illegal aliens.

She simply expanded the scope to claim Democrats want healthcare for everyone.

This rhetorical trick doesn’t hide the underlying policy position.

Providing taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal immigrants rewards lawbreaking.

It creates a massive magnet for future illegal immigration.

American citizens struggling with healthcare costs will subsidize benefits for those who entered illegally.

Roy’s point about Democrats doing 13 continuing resolutions under Biden exposes their hypocrisy.

They had no problem with clean CRs when their president was in office.

Now they’re manufacturing a crisis to oppose Trump’s agenda.

The 44 Senate Democrats who voted for shutdown put partisanship over governance.

They’re willing to harm federal workers and services to score political points.

Their radical base demands maximum resistance to Trump regardless of consequences.

Waters represents the San Francisco values wing of the Democratic Party.

Her district’s homelessness crisis and failed policies showcase progressive governance failures.

Yet she continues advocating for expanding benefits to non-citizens.

The “healthcare for everybody” formulation reveals globalist rather than America First priorities.

Democrats see no distinction between Americans and anyone who manages to cross the border.

This open borders mentality drives their opposition to Trump’s immigration enforcement.

American taxpayers already struggle with healthcare costs and insurance premiums.

Adding millions of illegal aliens to government healthcare programs would explode costs.

Democrats offer no plan for how to pay for this massive expansion.

Waters’ candid admission gives Republicans ammunition for the shutdown fight.

It proves Democrats are demanding new spending programs, not just continuing existing ones.

The clean CR Republicans proposed becomes even more reasonable by comparison.