Mulvaney: Dems Are Not Interested in Opening the Gov’t Because They Think Trump’s Paying a Price Politically

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MULVANEY: “A couple different things. Certainly the president understands that. No question the shutdown has costs, which is why we’ve been goerkts ING negotiating or trying to negotiate since before the shutdown began. You said the president’s demand is the reason the government is shut down. That’s certainly one side of the coin but it takes two to tango in this town. I could say it’s the Democrats’ refusal to give the necessary money for border security that’s the cause of the shutdown. We get all of that. We’re not interested in laying any blame. The president really does believe that you can solve this in ten minutes. We’re asking for $5.6 billion. They’re offering us zero. Sounds like we’re arguing about one variable which is how much are we going to spend on that barrier on the southern border, on the wall, on the steel slat fence, whatever you want to call it. This should be relatively I’m forced back to the conclusion that the Democrats, for better or worse, think they are winning this battle politically and they’re really not interested in opening the government because they think the president is paying a price politically. That’s unfortunate.”