{"id":1003046,"date":"2018-12-18T16:40:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003046"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:11:58","slug":"editorial-boards-blame-trump-for-possible-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-blame-trump-for-possible-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Boards Blame Trump for Possible Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a possible government shutdown looming, editorial boards across the country have placed the blame firmly where it belongs – on Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>: \u201cMoreover, Republicans\u2019 total control of government, and the president\u2019s explicit acceptance of responsibility for any impasse, all but eliminate the chief political drawback of a shutdown for Democrats: the possibility that the public might blame it on them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Baltimore Sun<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s wall, Trump\u2019s shutdown\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Seattle Times<\/a>: \u201cNo one wins when the federal government shuts down, least of all the American people. Yet President Donald Trump proclaimed this week he would be \u2018proud to shut down the government,\u2019 with a braggadocio that shows callous disregard for federal workers and the public they serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Newsday<\/a>: \u201cFor the third time this year, a federal government shutdown looms as President Donald Trump demands more money for a Southern border wall in exchange for a budget deal with congressional leaders. How can Trump blame Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, who is likely to be speaker of the House, for not paying up when he\u2019s always promised that Mexico would foot the bill?\u201d<\/p>\n

\nSanta Rosa Press Democrat<\/a>: \u201cTrump isn\u2019t demanding that Mexico pay for his wall anymore. He\u2019s holding the federal government hostage in a bid to force U.S. taxpayers to foot the bill. It\u2019s a ridiculous demand, and Trump will have no one but himself to blame if federal employees are furloughed for Christmas and national park visitors are told to pack up and leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fresno Bee<\/a>: \u201cWithin minutes, Trump was demanding total credit for any future government shutdown, saying he would be \u2018proud\u2019 to be held responsible for the economically destructive maneuver.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MassLive<\/a>: \u201cThree shutdowns in 23 months. That’s a bit more than one every eight months, if you’re scoring at home. Shutdown Don, indeed. If the president and the Congress fail to come to an agreement in time to avert yet another partial shutdown, it will be Trump who bears responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Beaumont Enterprise<\/a>: \u201cIf Trump is truly serious about a shutdown, more Republicans \u2014 like our other Texas senator, Ted Cruz \u2014 need to tell him why that\u2019s a bad idea. Our country can have the border security it needs without this divisive issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Boston Globe<\/a>: \u201cThe wall is a ridiculous, wasteful demand, and holding the rest of the government hostage to it would be more ridiculous still.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mankato Free Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump seems to think the public wants him to shut down the government, as he time and again said he would take ownership of the action. The public already has repudiated the president and his style in the midterm elections. The implications of Trump\u2019s actions are obvious to almost all Americans, but, sadly, not to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Texarkana Gazette<\/a>: \u201cLater in the day he held a meeting with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer at the White House that did not give the president what he wanted. So he vowed to shut down the government if he didn’t get his way on the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Times<\/a>: \u201cIf he can’t persuade lawmakers to fund the wall, he shouldn’t put a huge chunk of the federal workforce on leave (which, if history is any guide, will ultimately become a paid vacation) to try to change their minds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a possible government shutdown looming, editorial boards across the country have placed the blame firmly where it belongs – on Donald Trump.   San Francisco Chronicle: \u201cMoreover, Republicans\u2019 total control of government, and the president\u2019s explicit acceptance of responsibility for any impasse, all but eliminate the chief political drawback of a shutdown for Democrats: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEditorial Boards Blame Trump for Possible Shutdown - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-blame-trump-for-possible-shutdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-18T20:40:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:11:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-blame-trump-for-possible-shutdown\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-blame-trump-for-possible-shutdown\/\",\"name\":\"Editorial Boards Blame Trump for Possible Shutdown - 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