WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the Democrat lawmakers’ shutdown strategy is extortion and Republicans will not give in to “this crazy plot of theirs.”
Trump’s comments came on day 20 of the government shutdown during a lunch with Republican senators in the Rose Garden Club, as Democrats have repeatedly opposed a stopgap continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government at the 2024 levels approved by then-President Joe Biden.
“I wanted to say from the beginning, our message has been very simple: We will not be extorted on this crazy plot of theirs. They’ve never done this before. Nobody has. You always vote for an…
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