John Thune: “you have to give the Democrats credit for one thing, and that is a healthy dose of gall. Both the House and Senate…”

“you have to give the Democrats credit for one thing, and that is a healthy dose of gall. Both the House and Senate Democrat leaders were out last week and claiming that they can't fund the government until--get this--we solve the ``Republican healthcare crisis.'' That is right--``the Republican healthcare crisis.'' It is truly amazing how a program Democrats created and tax credits that they chose to sunset have now become the Republicans' crisis. Republicans, in fact, never had anything to do with it. Democrats created Obamacare-- alone. They implemented the enhanced tax credits--alone. And they chose a sunset date for those tax credits--alone. Democrats are solely, solely responsible for the Obamacare tax credit cliff, and yet they are trying to pin this disaster on Republicans, while at the very same time, they are asking Republicans to bail them out. It is really kind of ironic. Democrats may not win a lot of points for truthfulness, but you have to give them credit for gall. While Democrats may have created this healthcare situation, I have made it clear, from the beginning, that Republicans are willing to have a discussion about how to address it. In fact, I am perfectly willing to guarantee Democrats a vote. But none of that is going to happen until Democrats reopen the government. We are not going to negotiate on anything until Democrats stop holding government funding hostage.”