Taiwan's ruling DPP is hammering opposition KMT lawmaker Weng Hsiao-ling for cutting a budget that bought Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes from workshops employing disabled workers — bad news for the KMT, which is scrambling to contain the backlash.

• Weng proposed stripping the presidential office's budget for gift boxes sourced from 37 sheltered workshops that employ people with disabilities.
• The backlash grew large enough that KMT caucus leader Fu Kun-chi bowed and apologized, while KMT members rushed to buy the gift boxes themselves to cover the orders.
• The DPP says Weng still owes five apologies: for hurting vulnerable people, gutting culture funding, breaking laws she teaches as a law professor, blurring the line between Taiwan and China, and overreaching on legislative power.
• Weng also backed cuts to public broadcasting and Taiwan Plus, and proposed lighter sentences for soldiers who defect to China while calling herself Chinese.
• The DPP points to her rewrite of the constitutional court law as damage to Taiwan's separation of powers.

Outlook: Expect the KMT to keep absorbing the political damage as long as Weng refuses to apologize, with the fight feeding into Taiwan's broader budget and China-policy battles.