Trump held the country, our government and immigrant families hostage for more than a month, refusing to let them go unless he got his dumb, medieval wall. Today, he caved. He agreed to reopen the government without getting a single new dollar for his wall. He didn’t do this because he wanted to; he did this because he was forced to.
MoveOn, United We Dream, Indivisible, and other groups call for national action on Tuesday, the day Trump intends to deliver a State of the Union address.
What we saw tonight was another sham offer by Donald Trump that proves that he’s still not serious about ending the crisis that he created. Nearly a month into the longest government shutdown in history, he continues to get in the way of paychecks for thousands of American families. We need to open the government first, before talk of anything else.
Trump chose Barr because he knows he would be an attorney general that works for the president and not for the people. As attorney general, Barr will have a stronger post from which he can shield Trump from accountability and carry forward attacks on communities disproportionately at risk. We urge the Senate not to confirm another Trump yes-man.
Trump’s address tonight only demonstrates his willingness to manufacture a crisis—to blatantly lie and deceive the American public—in order to advance his destructive agenda. Americans want an end to the shutdown and they’re not buying Trump’s lies. Passing a funding bill should be the only order of business in the Senate. It’s time for Mitch McConnell and Republicans to do their job and take up the House-passed spending bills.
The Indivisible movement started organizing after Trump was elected, but it wasn’t just about Trump — it was about saving American democracy. H.R. 1 is a critical step toward that goal and passing this bill is how Democrats can show they are listening to those who put them back in power in the House.
Today, Indivisible groups are holding their first demonstrations of the year at the district offices of Members of Congress, calling for their strong support for the democracy reform bill, H.R. 1.
This is Trump’s shutdown. It was entirely avoidable, and now our nation will suffer because Donald Trump demands more money to fund his racist, white nationalist agenda. This fight is more than just about concrete and steel slats. This shutdown is about whether we as a country stand by while Trump tear gases women and children at the border; whether we allow him to cage and separate families; whether we continue to allow the Trump deportation machine to operate with impunity.