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Bernie Sanders Is Already Blaming Republicans For A Government Shutdown

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Amber Randall Civil Rights Reporter
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders blamed Republicans for a possible government shutdown Monday, saying it was their responsibility to prevent something “so disastrous” from happening.

As Republicans and Democrats struggle to reach a compromise over the budget, Sanders called on Republicans to work to prevent a government shutdown and to make sure the budget properly funded services for all Americans, in a Monday op-ed for The Washington Post.

“I do not know why President Trump and the Republican Party — which controls the White House, the Senate and the House — are so willing to shut down the government. Maybe they think it will be good for them politically. Maybe they believe the chaos created by a government shutdown would be a welcome distraction from the ongoing Russia investigation being conducted by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III,” Sanders wrote in WaPo.

Both sides have been trying to reach a middle ground on the budget, but the fight over those protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has proven to be a contentious issue. Most Democrats are refusing to agree to a budget that does not provide amnesty for DACA recipients, while Republicans want more funding for security measures.

“Finally, Trump added even more fuel to the fire when he decided to use 800,000 ‘dreamers’ as a bargaining chip for an $18 billion wall that the overwhelming majority of Americans do not want,” Sanders added. “For Trump and the Republican leadership to allow their legal status to expire, and to subject them to deportation, would be one of the cruelest acts in modern American history. It must not be allowed to happen.”

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