Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
It's simple WB, Dems want the shut down ended now while negotiations continue. Trump is using all the people working without pay to create pressure to force Dems to cede to his demands. And you can feel all you want but polling on this indicates he's rightfully losing support. He really is a truly awful man.



So their strategy to end the shutdown is... to NOT meet or negotiate with Trump?
Yeah, THAT makes sense.

It's increasingly obvious that Trump is working hard to negotiate a solution, and it is Democrats who are prolonging the shutdown for exploitative reasons.