Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) knocked Democrats on Saturday, the first day of the partial government shutdown, saying they shot down a deal on border funding because of pressure from their progressive base.
McConnell, opening up the Senate shortly after noon, said Democrats rejected a “reasonable request” by refusing the House-passed bill that included $5.7 billion for the border after offering $25 billion earlier this year as part of a larger immigration deal.
“They brought this about because they’re under a lot of pressure — we all know this — from their far left and feel compelled to disagree with the president on almost anything, and certainly this,” McConnell said.
He argued that Democrats weren’t opposed to the House bill “because of some principled objection” or a “principled discovery.” – READ MORE