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They've been put into a bind. There's nothing they can do that will actually result in them not taking the most heat for the SNAP loss and increased premiums. Every week the shutdown goes on sees Rs getting more blame in polling and losing popularity. Meanwhile Dem popularity actually seems to be going up in some places as this drags on. Trump himself has just fallen to his lowest approval of either term (which is probably why he's freaking out about it now).

I think they just 100% thought Schumer would have caved by now and didn't have a plan if he didn't. After screaming about how they don't "control all of government" for a month now, if they do nuke it, it just suddenly becomes obvious they do and the blame falls on them even more.