Americans blame Trump, president and top lawmakers fail to resolve shutdown
Staff Writer |
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed the majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for the government shutdown.
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Americans were polled between Dec. 20 and January 2 on their political attitudes. An average of 50 percent of American voters blame Trump while 32 percent blame Democrats.
However, Reuters broke down how the numbers changed over time and blame for Trump increased while blame for Democrats declined.
A shocking statistic revealed Republicans in Congress are skirting a lot of blame.
That could change Thursday when Democrats are expected to pass the spending bill the House refused to pass in the past several weeks. After Democrats pass the legislation it moves to the Senate, where Republicans have said they won’t even bring it to the floor. If the Senate refuses to vote, it could put the onus on the GOP.
Donald Trump and top congressional leaders failed to resolve a partial government shutdown that has stretched well into a second week as the president refused to back off from his demands for billions of dollars for a long-promised wall along the southern US border with Mexico.
Democratic and Republican leaders from both chambers were invited to the the White House’s Situation Room, the inner sanctum for classified meetings, on Wednesday for a “border security briefing”. During the meeting Trump asked Department of Homeland Security officials to “make a plea” for his wall.
At a cabinet meeting prior to the briefing, Trump warned that parts of the government would could remain closed for a “a long time” without a deal.
“We’re asking the president to open up government,” Nancy Pelosi, who is expected to assume the speakership of the House of Representatives on Thursday, said after the briefing with Trump. “We are giving him a Republican path to do that. Why would he not do it?” ■
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