Sen. Tex Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday claimed that Democrats are trying to provoke a government shutdown by refusing to pass a spending bill by midnight Friday to keep the lights on.
“I think Chuck Schumer and the Democrats want a shutdown, I think they’re trying to provoke a fight,” Cruz said on “Fox and Friends,” referring to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
He said Senate Democrats are “terrified” of “a radical left base.”
“Schumer’s just trying to put more and more unreasonable demands, trying to force a shutdown to appease those who want total resistance, total opposition, who don’t want the Trump administration to succeed,” Cruz claimed.
.@tedcruz: Schumer doesn't care about the border wall. It's his radical left base that has him terrified if he doesn't oppose everything. pic.twitter.com/E9wWJtTmib
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