Trump wall threat would put U.S. on path toward government shutdown: Schumer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s threat to shut down the government if he does not secure funding for a border wall with Mexico would lead to a shutdown that “nobody will like.”

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“If the president pursues this path, against the wishes of both Republicans and Democrats, as well as the majority of the American people, he will be heading towards a government shutdown which nobody will like and which won’t accomplish anything,” Schumer said in a statement.

(Reporting by Tim Ahmann; Editing by Doina Chiacu)


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