For Sweet, the feelings of frustration are only compounded by a feeling that she was betrayed by the Democratic-aligned senators who broke with the party on the health care subsidies.

She said that she understands that many workers were desperate for a paycheck. But she thought standing firm on the issue of the health care subsidies was worth her sacrifice.

“There are other federal workers who understood what we were holding the line for and are extremely unhappy that line was crossed and that trust was breached,” she said.

The DNC needs to go.

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    Please let’s stop letting the Republicans frame every piece of language and every conversation with how they define things. You’re letting them dictate reality when you do that and change your language to placate them. By bending to their definitions you’re essentially proving to others that their definitions are somehow correct, and allowing them to continue to frame the narrative. You’re giving them power over the conversation. Please can we stop doing that and letting their abuse of language control how we speak? It’s deeply clear from the context of the rest of my comment that it is not a Republican framing. They don’t believe in words or use them responsibly so trying to route around their chicanery doesn’t actually do anything except let them frame the argument.

    Further, it’s a fucking comment on the internet. I’m not a journalist, I am allowed to have bad grammar. Fucking grammar police over here. If that’s really all you have to contribute to the conversation: how about you just don’t instead?