Facts about the shutdown almost no one knows
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-schumer-senate-democrats-holding-government-hostage-shutdown-we-will-not-be-extorted
TRUMP IS A LIAR!!! (That part is not news to you, but what follows may be...) The shutdown is totally unnecessary, and there is no legal mandate for a shutdown just because a budget bill was not passed "on time." Legally, the government can be open and running, just working off the previous budget. Kim Iversen has done excellent research on this. Government shutdowns are a complete political stunt scam. Nobody's holding anybody else's political hostage. This is a stunt scam; both parties play into it to create drama. REPEAT: there is no legal mandate on the books for a government shutdown in such politically haggling circumstances. It could be open right now and running on the previous budget parameters. But as for the struggle, yes, Dems must win to avoid a healthcare cost catastrophe.
ALSO ...MOST LIKELY Trump knows nothing of what we just said. Knows little to nothing about the issue haggle. And someone else is dictating talking points to him about the shutdown. Probably Russ Vought and Kevin Roberts.
https://youtu.be/Ufo0B86syU8?t=88