{"id":36816,"date":"2018-01-20T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T19:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36816"},"modified":"2018-01-20T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T19:49:16","slug":"politicizing-the-trumpshutdown-trump-seeks-more-republicans-rejects-working-with-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36816","title":{"rendered":"Politicizing the #TrumpShutdown: Trump Seeks More Republicans, Rejects Working with Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the prospect of a government shutdown drew closer on Friday night the recriminations flew from both sides of the political aisle. Republicans sought to brand Donald Trump’s failure to make a deal as the SchumerShutdown, for Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. From the other side, Schumer struck back with his branding of the legislative belly flop as the TrumpShutdown. Meanwhile, the American people appear to have already made up their minds, with polls showing overwhelming<\/a><\/strong> that they hold Trump and the GOP accountable.<\/p>\n

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No one should be surprised that the party regulars are seeking to cast this crisis in terms most favorable to their own side. That’s standard operating procedure for politicians engulfed in a controversial dispute. But leave it to Donald Trump to bring the debate down to the lowest levels of rank self-interest and political cynicism.<\/p>\n

In the hours following the Senate’s inability to pass a bill that would keep the government running, Trump was on duty, sitting on his throne with his phone and tweeting out nonsense. He clearly doesn’t understand the dynamics of Congress. It’s his party that controls the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House. This is the first government shutdown ever during an administration with that unified control. And the Continuing Resolution that went down to defeat couldn’t even secure the votes of all GOP senators. So it’s hard, therefore, to place the blame on Democrats for the bill’s failure. What’s more, in a 2013 shutdown during the Obama administration Trump himself insisted<\/a><\/strong> that, under these circumstances, it’s the president who is responsible. Apparently that only applies to black presidents.<\/p>\n

Trump’s post-shutdown Saturday morning tweets went further than just political jockeying for positive spin. He turned the closure of the government into a campaign event by overtly calling for the election of more Republicans:<\/p>\n

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For those asking, the Republicans only have 51 votes in the Senate, and they need 60. That is why we need to win more Republicans in 2018 Election! We can then be even tougher on Crime (and Border), and even better to our Military & Veterans!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n