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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Trump claims crisis
Trump claims crisis at the border in Oval Office speech – as it happened
Democrats decry president’s campaign of ‘misinformation and even malice’
Pundits were left unimpressed with both Trump’s remarks and the Democratic response.
The partial government shutdown will hit day 19 at midnight with no prospect of a breakthrough in the near future.
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DNC Chair Tom Perez has released a statement on Trump’s speech. He is not a fan.
“Lies, fearmongering, finger-pointing, and a manufactured excuse for
shutting down the government. Using the Oval Office to deceive the
American people and spout offensive, anti-immigrant rhetoric proves,
once again, that Donald Trump is unfit to serve as president. “800,000 workers are furloughed without pay. The American people are
demanding an end to the Trump Shutdown. Democrats have already voted to
end the Trump Shutdown, and we’re ready to pass legislation to fund
common-sense, effective border security. It’s time for Republicans
in Congress to wake up, stop marching in lockstep behind Trump, and do
their jobs – the president is clearly incapable of doing his.”
The New York Times reports that Trump was not excited about giving the speech in the first place.
Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT)
Trump didn’t want to give the
speech tonight and told TV anchors at lunch today that his planned trip
to the border is a waste of time. https://t.co/GFnpFnH8Tt
Republican Will Hurd, who represents more of the border than any
other member of Congress, expressed his frustration with the shutdown
today.
Robert Costa (@costareports)
“If something is a crisis why are you not paying the people that are taking care of the crisis?” Texas Republican @WillHurd today to @ElizLanders, when asked about VP Pence’s visit to Capitol Hill
Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign is already using the speech to raise money both via email and text.
Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher)
So Trump's 2020 campaign is
using his first Oval Office address about what he called a humanitarian
crisis as the basis of a multi-platform pitch for campaign cash pic.twitter.com/cWDA5S7HdJ
Bernie Sanders is giving his own personal response to Trump and is not impressed.
Lauren Gambino (@laurenegambino)
Sanders: "It gives me no
pleasure to tell you what most of you already know. President Trump lies
all of the time – and in his remarks tonight, and in recent weeks
regarding immigration and the wall, he continues to lie." https://t.co/4NXH0dDQQq
RNC chair Ronna McDaniel has just weighed in to praise Trump in statement:
Tonight, Americans saw their president fighting for a solution to
fund our government while protecting American citizens, versus the
approach of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer which is to resist, resist,
resist at all costs ... It wasn’t always this way. President Trump is
simply asking Democrats to support border security policies they all
supported just a few short years ago. It’s time for Democrats to put down their swords and work with President Trump.
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