Blocking it was not the mistake. Caving in in the end WAS. They should have shut down the entire thing, not bits and pices, and said to Barry, "When you are willing to compromise 50%, instead of saying you get 100% or no talking allowed, then we will reopen the federal gov't. The ball is in YOUR court, no matter how the MSM, which you control, tells the people things really are."
If you commit to doing what is right, then you see it through. You don't fold like OWNED politicians, as they ALL are. Everything is theatrics and show with both sides of this clown circus. The fact that some don't see that speaks volumes for their intelligence.