PBS Whines Trump, GOP Won't Buckle On Shutdown

As the government shutdown continues, the despondent cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour assembled to complain that President Trump and Republicans are not willing to buckle to Democratic demands and nobody outside of the D.C. area seems to care.

Moderator Amna Nawaz began with MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, “Meanwhile, it is day 17 of the government shutdown back here at home. The rhetoric has not changed from either side, Jonathan. And the president hasn't really engaged in the kind of brokering we traditionally see presidents do. Can he be a dealmaker back here too?”

Capehart claimed that Trump could; he is just choosing not to, “Yes, we’ve seen it. We have seen it. So if the president were to turn his attention to the government shutdown and, you know, figure out what both sides wants and then just say, this is what I want to do, of course, we have seen time and again Republicans will do whatever the president tells them to do, even if they have held an opposing position.”

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