President Donald Trump and Democrats spent Monday afternoon giving reporters conflicting messages about whether they were talking to each other about the health care impasse at the center of the shutdown.
Long story short: They’re not.
But Trump’s suggestion that he was speaking with Democrats about their health care demands raised the possibility that an off-ramp might be in distant sight.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who has been engaged in bipartisan discussions with senators, said Monday that Trump’s comments were “helpful” because “the president saying this is something that we need to address is important.”
But GOP leaders are sticking to…
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