Trump to Dems: I’ll ‘shut down’ government over immigration
Story Date: 7/30/2018

 

Source: John T. Bennett, ROLL CALL, 7/29/18

President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to shut down the federal government this fall unless Democrats give in to his border security demands, including by giving him billions more for his proposed southern border wall. Should Democrats continue denying Trump his border barrier and other demands and the president make good on his high-stakes threat, it would be the third funding lapse of his tenure. It also would shutter the government just weeks before voters will decide which party controls the House and Senate — and the Trump-GOP agenda — come January.

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