Jan. 20th, 2018: -DJT blames Democrats for the government shutdown: “This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present” -Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) asks for unanimous consent on a bill guaranteeing troops will be paid.
-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) objects -Deutsche Bank says they are willing to report Jared Kushner’s “suspicious transactions” to Special Counsel Mueller -In October, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) stated the DACA Program would be part of any new spending deal
-Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered full funding for the border wall in exchange for DACA and was turned down -DJT is reportedly furious he is not in Florida; WH staffers are trying to find a way to get him to Mar-a-Lago without attracting public protest
-Rep. Pat Meehan (R-PA), member of the House Ethics Committee, is found to have used taxpayer money to settle his own misconduct complaint -Rep. Meehan is stripped of his role on the House Ethics Committee
-WH Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney says it’s “kind of cool” to be in charge of the shutdown -On the day of the second Women’s March, DJT says it is a perfect day for women to march in celebration of all he has done for them
-Rep. Paul Ryan speaks on the floor of the House. He denies Democrats the opportunity to respond -Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) opposes DJT on brining back earmarks, calling them the “original swamp thing” -Former RNC Chair Michael Steele: “This shutdown rests at the feet of the GOP”
-Twitter informs Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) he interacted with one of the Russian bots created to influence the 2016 election -Sen. Schumer describes working with DJT as “like negotiating with jello” -Twitter says there were 50K pro-DJT bots at work prior to the 2016 election
-The Armed Services Network has been shut down along with much of the rest of the federal government, so the NFL playoffs will not be shown to the troops -DJT did not approve the Administration’s list of immigration demands, and was reportedly shocked by its contents
-A new ad put out by the Trump Campaign accuses Democrats of being "complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants" -Sen. Cortez Masto (D-NV) announces she will donate her salary to charity for every day the government remains shut down
-All government shutdowns in the modern era (1995, 1996, 2013, 2018) have been under a Republican Congress -The WH posts a picture of DJT in the Oval Office alone, on the phone, while staffers report he has spent the majority of the day in the residence
-Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL): “I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger,” labels DJT “Cadet Bone Spurs” -Rep. Diane Black (R-TN), appearing on MSNBC, attempts to blame the current shutdown on BHO