Ari Melber: Trump’s Not Fulfilling Campaign Promise with Shutdown, He Is Breaking It

‘Trump shuts down the government to break his pledge and try to make Americans pay for the wall’

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MELBER: “This shutdown is a drag on the economy. It’s hurting hundreds of thousands of Americans. We have seen these effects in previous shutdowns but this is different than every other shutdown recorded in modern era. When presidents drew lines in each of those years to defend their positions on taxes or health care or spending. This is the first time a president has shutdown the government not to defend a pledge but to break a pledge. Just stop there and consider how bizarre this is. Tomorrow, a new Congress begins and its first business is dealing with a president shutting down the government to break his own campaign pledge. Let’s be clear about this. Donald Trump promised Americans they would never pay for the wall because Mexico would pay. Then he failed to get that money from Mexico despite two years when his party controlled Washington. Trump shuts down the government to break his pledge and try to make Americans pay for the wall. Believe me, this is not how it was supposed to go.”

(Via Mediaite)

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