Congress

“I am proud to shut down the government”

Written by SK Ashby

Congressional Republicans hoping they could blame Democrats for a partial government shutdown ran into a problem this morning.

The problem is Trump announcing that he would be "proud" to own a shutdown.

“Yes, if we don't get what we want, one way or the other [...] I will shut down the government. And I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck."

You can see that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is visibly pleased by Trump's willingness to own a shutdown.

Just because Trump said this today doesn't necessarily mean we will see a partial government shutdown on December 22nd, but if we do it's clear who's responsible for it.