Political Quotes

“we now enter day 2 of the first real government shutdown ever to take place when one party controlled the Presidency, the House, and the Senate. Under this unified control, it was the Republicans' job to govern. It was their job to lead. It was their job to reach out to us and come up with compromise. They have failed. Our democracy was designed to run on compromise. The Senate was designed to run on compromise. We are no dictatorship subject to the whims of an Executive, just as we are not a one-party system, where the winner of an election gets to decide everything and the minority nothing. We are a government that can only operate if the majority party--the governing party--accepts and seeks compromise. The majority, however, has forgotten the lessons of the Founding Fathers. They have shown they do not know how to compromise. Not only do they not consult us, they can't even get on the same page with their President from their own party. The congressional leaders tell me to negotiate with President Trump. President Trump tells me to figure it out with the congressional leaders. This political catch-22--never seen before--has driven our government to dysfunction. Americans know why the dysfunction is occurring: a dysfunctional President. Hence, we are in a Trump shutdown with party leaders who will not act without him. It has created the chaos and the gridlock we find ourselves in today.…”