Judging from Chuck Schumer’s tone this morning, it sounds like he has no intention of negotiating with President Trump to end the shutdown, and he’s now in a desperate search for a way around the White House:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Congress "needs to move forward without the president" in ending the shutdown.
"How much more suffering must the president cause before Leader McConnell realizes it's time to move ahead without him?" he says https://t.co/75qLmzq1yX pic.twitter.com/XxzIOpiZaQ
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 14, 2019
Schumer & Pelosi could end the shutdown immediately and end all the “suffering”:
Fund the wall, Chuck.
YOU are the only one causing suffering right now you fool.
— Kevin Gallagher (@liberty_kevin) January 14, 2019
Simply spend the money. Experts at the border have already said it works. What are you waiting for?
— NotoriousBob (@NotoriousBob5) January 14, 2019
But it doesn’t sound like Schumer’s going to have much luck convincing Mitch McConnell:
Enforcing our laws has not become unethical overnight. The physical barriers at the border that Democrats supported yesterday have not somehow become a radical right-wing position today. Border security still matters. American families still deserve safety.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) January 14, 2019
Good luck with that, Chuck!
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