{"id":2182,"date":"2018-01-20T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/according-to-trump-hes-to-blame-for-the-trump-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2018-01-20T17:40:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T17:40:00","slug":"according-to-trump-hes-to-blame-for-the-trump-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/according-to-trump-hes-to-blame-for-the-trump-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"According To Trump, He\u2019s To Blame For The Trump Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Trump’s own words, the government shutdown is the president's responsibility — which means he is to blame. See for yourself:<\/p>\n

2013: Trump repeatedly said a government shutdown was the president’s responsibility.<\/p>\n

Trump<\/a>: “They talk about the government shutdown, they're going to be talking about the president of the United States — who was the president at that time? … I really think the pressure is on the president.” <\/p>\n

Trump<\/a>: “You have to get everybody in a room. You have to be a leader. The president has to lead.”<\/p>\n

2011: Trump said the president would be blamed for a government shutdown.<\/p>\n

Trump<\/a>: “If there would be a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the President of the United States.”<\/p>\n

Trump<\/a>: “My sense is that people are far angrier at the President than they are at Congress re the shutdown—an interesting turn!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Trump’s own words, the government shutdown is the president's responsibility — which means he is to blame. See for yourself: 2013: Trump repeatedly said a government shutdown was the president’s responsibility. 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