John Thune: “we are now in day 6 of the Democrats' government shutdown--day 6--and I am wondering just what exactly Democrats think…”

“we are now in day 6 of the Democrats' government shutdown--day 6--and I am wondering just what exactly Democrats think they are gaining from all of this. I guess they are getting points from the far-left interest groups that they have been coordinating their shutdown strategy with, but I highly doubt they are earning a lot of points with everyday, hard-working Americans, like the voters they lost in the last election. A Reuters headline from Thursday noted ``US government shutdown threatens food-aid program for low-income Americans.'' Let me just read that again: ``US government shutdown threatens food-aid program for low-income Americans.'' The article noted that while the Trump Agriculture Department is doing its best to continue administering the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children--more commonly known as WIC--the program is ``critically low on funds.'' And it won't get new funds until Democrats agree to reopen the government. Democrats own this. They own any lapse in funding for critical food aid programs, just as they own every other negative effect of the shutdown because--let's remember--the only reason the government is shut down is because Democrats refuse to accept a clean, nonpartisan funding extension--a clean, nonpartisan funding extension.”