President Trump has a few people to thank for the partial no-end-in-sight government shutdown: Himself and, say, Sean Hannity.
That’s according to retiring Republican Rep. Ryan Costello (PA), who blamed the Fox News host and “a few other people” who “screamed fire” over the Senate’s continuing resolution and pushed Trump to change his mind to oppose the bill that would’ve kept the government open until early February.
“Well, this is the President’s shutdown. He said it was going to be his shutdown,” Costello said Thursday on MSNBC. ” The Senate voted 100-0 to pass a clean (Continuing Resolution) CR and send it to the House. Sean Hannity and a few other people screamed fire. The President then fell in line behind Sean Hannity. … So the fact we’re in shutdown now is foreseeable and I don’t see a scenario where the government opens back up until the new congress is sworn in.”
Retiring GOP rep says Trump got in line after Hannity and others complained about the CR pic.twitter.com/Vr5najzjVH
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) December 27, 2018
