The shutdown push-back from Jeffries is admirable, and it needs to be unceasing and relentless. No ****ing MERCY. [View all]

“They want to have transgender for everybody,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, referring to Democratic support for transgender rights. “These people are crazy ― the Democrats. So if it has to shut down, it’ll have to shut down. But they’re the ones that are shutting down the government.”

Earlier this week, Trump bailed on a previously scheduled meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), calling their demands for health care policies “ridiculous.” He declared that no meeting could possibly be productive, deepening the standoff ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government.

On Friday, Trump left Washington to attend a golf tournament in New York.

At the Capitol, Jeffries held a press conference to blast Republicans for suggesting they would cancel votes next week when the House is supposed to return from recess.

“House Republicans, on vacation, cancelled votes on the eve of a government shutdown, and Donald Trump is at a golf event,” Jeffies said. “He didn’t have the time to meet with Democratic leaders to fund the government and address the Republican health care crisis.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-shutdown-democrats_n_68d6d3bee4b0185d0068cd4f?origin=home-latest-news-unit