Shortly after Donald Trump shut down the federal government because Republicans and Democrats in Congress wouldn’t agree to his childish wall fantasy, one Senate Democrat is pledging to give her salary to charity.
In a pair of tweets, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada said, “Sadly, President Trump has brought our country into yet another crisis right before the holidays. We should be working together to end to this shutdown.”
“I cannot take a salary during a government shutdown knowing that so many federal workers in Nevada and across the country will go without pay,” she added.
I cannot take a salary during a government shutdown knowing that so many federal workers in Nevada and across the country will go without pay. I’ll be donating my salary to a Nevada charity for every day of the Trump shutdown.
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— Senator Cortez Masto (@SenCortezMasto) December 22, 2018
As The Hill reported on Saturday, “The Nevada Democrat also donated her salary to constituents during a government shutdown in January.”
This is the third Trump shutdown in one yearÂ
If you’re looking for (another) sign that Donald Trump is unfit to be president of the United States, here it is.
The shutdown that kicked off hours ago is not some isolated incident. It’s becoming a common element of the Trump administration.
As CNN reported, the current shutdown is the third one thrust upon the American people in a single year, and it comes with full Republican control of the government.
This is what happens when an unstable game show host is elevated to the United States presidency.
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Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.
