Trump Suggests Democrats Are Hit Hardest By Shutdown

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11 : President Donald J. Trump debates with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, as Vice President Mike Pence listens ... WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11 : President Donald J. Trump debates with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, as Vice President Mike Pence listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of White House on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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On the sixth day of the government shutdown — just a few short weeks after he proudly claimed he would take full responsibility for it — President Trump deflected blame to the Democrats and suggested they may be hurting themselves the most with the funding impasse.

“Do the Dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are Democrats?” he tweeted Thursday.

The tweet follows news that Trump is not speaking with congressional leaders about his funding demands, and Republican leaders tell Politico they are not optimistic a new will be reached until the new congress is sworn in in January — at the earliest. 

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  1. He prefers the Us vs Them dichotomy because he’s a splitter.

  2. The total absence of outrage from dems is driving him crazy :laughing:

  3. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    Of course he does… but perception is everything, so in the end the Republicans will be hit hardest (hopefully)

  4. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Yes because federal workers = “The Deep State” in fox news world which means Democrats.

    Best tweet response I saw earlier was “at least they all are now” (in relation to the shutdown, in which Trump has essentially directed/dictated the shutdown.)

  5. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    A splitter of people
    A spitter of spite
    and
    A sh*tter on the country and world.

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