President Trump just called on both Republicans and Democrats to pass the funding bill he negotiated last week to avert the government shutdown, telling them there can be no changes at this time and that they will address problems with the bill in the future.
Trump is adamant that there can’t be “another long, pointless, and destructive Shutdown that will hurt our Country so badly.”
Here’s what he said:
I am working hard with Speaker Johnson to get the current funding deal, which passed in the Senate last week, through the House and to my desk, where I will sign it into Law, IMMEDIATELY! We need to get the Government open, and I hope all Republicans and Democrats will join me in supporting this Bill, and send it to my desk WITHOUT DELAY.
There can be NO CHANGES at this time. We will work together in good faith to address the issues that have been raised, but we cannot have another long, pointless, and destructive Shutdown that will hurt our Country so badly — One that will not benefit Republicans or Democrats. I hope everyone will vote, YES!
We’ll see if Republicans can band together and get this passed, with hopefully some help from Democrats. There’s always at least one Republican who opposes just about everything – Thomas Massie – and he’ll probably find a couple more allies if I had to guess.