Ben Cardin: Trump’s ‘Holding America Hostage’ and ‘Hurting’ People with the Shutdown

‘I think it’s impossible to negotiate with president who is holding you hostage and changes his mind every few minutes’

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CARDIN: “First, let me say government needs to be open. What the president is doing is hurting people, hurting our country. He’s holding America hostage. I met yesterday with a large number of government workers who are really hurting with not being able to get a check. It’s affecting their family, their credit, their lives. This is serious business. So your answer is how do you reach a compromise with President Trump? It’s difficult when he’s holding America hostage, but clearly we believe in border security, so yes, we’re willing to talk about border security. We know we need additional resources spent. But there is a way in which we can work out border security issue, but open government.”

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