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The first rule of government shutdowns. Blame the 

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other side. The Democrats. The Democrats. Totally up 

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to the Democrats. Call it a Democrat shutdown. Call it 

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whatever you want. Since shutdowns became a political 

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tactic in the 1970's, presidents and congressional 

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leaders have attempted to shift the blame for a 

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shutdown onto their opponents. Now here's the bottom 

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line. Democrats are rooting for government shutdown. 

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But President Donald Trump upended that logic. In the 

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summer of 2018 he began saying that he would be 

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willing to shut down the government over immigration 

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policy. [ MUSIC ] So I would 

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have no problem doing a shutdown. It's time we had 

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proper border security. He went further as the 

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December shutdown loomed. I will be the one to shut it 

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down. I'm not gonna blame you for it. The last time you 

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shut it down it didn't work. I will take the mantel of 

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shutting down. That's created a problem for Trump 

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now that the government is partially shut down 

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however. Trump has tried to use the typical playbook 

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and blame Democrats. We're in a shutdown because 

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Democrats refuse to fund the border security. But 

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there are just too many old videos and tweets and him 

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saying he wanted to shut down the government for that 

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to work. [ MUSIC ]