BREAKING : Democrats Vow to SHUT DOWN the Government Over Trump’s Border Wall

Remember when Democrats were appalled by the idea of government shutdowns, and when the government did briefly shut down in 2013, it was literally “armageddon” according to liberals.

Now, these same liberals are planning to shut down the government over SECURING OUR BORDERS by building a wall along the Southern border, which, ironically, is the primary purpose of government – to keep Americans safe.

From Washington Times

Congressional Democrats signaled Monday that they’re ready to block spending bills over President Trump’s planned border wall, raising the risks of a new government shutdown early in the new administration.

Adding more immigration agents to Homeland Security’s deportation agency, making Planned Parenthood ineligible for federal cash and changing former President Barack Obama’s policies on the environment, labor, veterans or consumer protections would also invite a shutdown, Senate Democrats said in a letter to GOP leaders.

Democrats are confident Republicans would shoulder the blame for a shutdown — though it’s a bigger risk for the minority party this year, when they have little control over the process other than the power of a filibuster in the Senate.

“If Republicans insist on inserting poison pill riders such as defunding Planned Parenthood, building a border wall, or starting a deportation force, they will be shutting down the government and delivering a severe blow to our economy,” the Democrats argued in their letter.

Republicans waved the warning aside, saying they’re focused on trying to write the bills needed to keep the government open beyond April 28, when current stopgap funding expires.

Mr. Trump’s budget director has said he’ll ask for a small down payment to get his border wall started in the 2017 spending bill and another chunk in the 2018 budget. But the real money will start to flow in the 2019 budget, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said last week.

He said estimates ran anywhere from $8 million a mile to $25 million a mile for construction.

Mr. Trump has also signed an executive order calling for 5,000 more Border Patrol agents and 10,000 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to be hired — and Democrats said money for the ICE agents would likewise spark a shutdown showdown.

Immigrant rights groups praised Democrats for their shutdown threat.

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