The US federal government shut down on Saturday after the Trump administration and Democrats locked horn over a proposal that could keep or evict hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to America as children.
“Democrats are far more concerned with Illegal Immigrants than they are with our great Military or Safety at our dangerous Southern Border. They could have easily made a deal but decided to play Shutdown,” tweeted President Donald Trump, hours after the shutdown began at Friday midnight. Democrats rejected the charge and instead blame the president.
“There’s no one more to blame for the position we find ourselves than President Trump,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor on Saturday. “Instead of bringing us all together, he’s pulled us apart.”
Throughout his speech, Senator Schumer used the phrase “Trump Shutdown” — to counter a Republican move to present it as a “Schumer Shutdown.”
