Kevin Hassett: ‘President Trump Does Not Want to Shut Down the Government, and the Democrats Are the Party that Does’

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HASSETT: “Well, first of all, it’s the hope of the White House that the continuing resolution passes as it, you know, in the Senate as it did in the House. President Trump does not want to shut down the government, and the Democrats are the party that does. This is something, if you go back and look at political history, that has happened over and over, that a party that’s got a political minority tries to hold everybody hostage for a while, but it almost always ends up with a clean continuing resolution. That’s how this is going to end up, too. And so, that’s going to happen. The question is, do we have a shutdown between now and then? And Russ Vought over at OMB sent out guidance to the cabinet secretaries listing their options if Congress refuses to give them the money they need to operate their agencies. And one of the options that is on the table is to have a reduction in force for some people at the discretion of the Secretary, but that’s not anyone’s intent.”