Jim DeMint: “Which is a trillion dollars over ten years. I mean, that is real money.”

Senator DeMint says let's use the Federal Government as an exemplar for how to reopen.

President Trump's comments is not a real issue here. President Obama tried for eight years, speaking in very conciliatory, soft tones and we see where that ended up.

Absolutely not. We cannot shut the government down, regardless of what happens here.

To paraphrase Ambassador Ryan Crocker, we need to be in the business of risk management, not risk avoidance.