President-elect Donald Trump criticized Democrats on Thursday evening and accused them of voting for a shutdown.
In a brief statement, Trump said, “Almost every single Democrat in the House of Representatives just voted against federal funding and shutting down the government.”
“These 197 Democrats voted against keeping the government open, disaster relief and aid to farmers,” he added.
Democrats voted overwhelmingly against the second attempt at a continuing resolution Thursday night, joining a few dozen Republicans. This CR was supported by Trump, who demanded that the fresh bill include a suspension of the debt ceiling. This bill would have done so by 2027.
Vice President-elect JD Vance and other Republicans also criticized the second attempt at CR.
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“Democrats just voted to shut down the government even though we had a clean CR because they didn’t want to give the president any negotiating leverage during his first term or the first year of his new term,” Vance said in a statement. “And secondly, because they would rather shut down the government and fight for the global censorship bull war. They asked for closure and I think that’s exactly what they’re going to get.”
The deadline to pass a spending bill is midnight Friday evening, although Congress is typically given some leeway when it comes to weekend deadlines. But with lawmakers eager to get home for the holidays, there is more pressure than usual to bring this fight to a conclusion.
