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#TBT: Trump Shutdown Edition

While we wait for House Republicans to meet with President Trump, here’s a reminder of who wants to shut down the government over a costly, ineffective border wall…

No, Virginia, there is no middle-class tax cut.

Remember when Republicans said their tax law was for the middle class? Here’s how that is holding up:

Morning Round-up: "Nightmare Scenario" Edition

Two days ago, President Trump said he would “have [border wall funding] passed in two seconds” in the House. But a look at this morning’s headlines shows that House Republican leaders don’t actually have the votes:

Who wants to tell him?

While we continue to wait and see if the President is going to take one of Democrats’ two compromise offers or shut down the government over his border wall, here’s a reminder for President Trump of how the American people feel about it:

He's proud to shut it down.

With 10 days left until the December 21 funding deadline, President Trump isn’t working across the aisle to keep government open. Instead, he’s declaring to the American people that he would be proud to shut it down if he doesn’t get his way:

Evening Round-up: "I'm proud to shut down the government" Edition

We all know President Trump loves to look at his own press coverage, but after declaring how proud he would be to shut down the government on national TV today, the headlines are pretty damning:

TL;DR: Corporation takes tax windfall, cuts workers.

Remember when Republicans claimed their tax scam would create jobs and raise wages? Well, that’s clearly not the case. Corporations saw enormous tax windfalls from the GOP tax scam, but rather than use that money to create jobs, they are cutting workers. And after Americans overwhelmingly rejected that tax scam in the last election, Republicans are responding to that defeat by doing what?

In his own words.

If the government shuts down next week, Trump just admitted in the Oval Office that he will be the one to blame:

Almost 4 million children

Over the last decade, the uninsured rate of children in America had been steadily decreasing. That was until President Trump and Congressional Republicans began sabotaging our health care system. Now, the uninsured rate for children is climbing for the first time in 10 years. A Vox article walks through the impact of GOP policies. Take a look:

Another day, another shutdown threat...

We know there’s a lot going on this morning, but don’t let this one pass you by. Once again, President Trump is admitting he is prepared to shut down unified Republican government over his costly, ineffective border wall.

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