The Daily Signal Swing-District Republicans Counter Dems’ Health Care Arguments in Shutdown

But Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., who chairs the House’s Main Street Caucus—a group made up predominantly of Republicans from purple districts—told The Daily Signal on a press call that Democrats’ messaging won’t work in 2026. 

Flood contends Democrats have lost any purported high ground on the matter with their shutdown strategy.

“We were in shutdown situations under Joe Biden’s presidency, where the question was, ‘Do we fund the government, or do we not fund the government?’ Almost every single member of the Main Street Caucus was always voting to fund the government,” said Flood. “So, our caucus has always been the wing of the Republican Party that was there to fund it under Joe Biden.”