Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) mentioned he doesn’t know what occurred late final week that resulted in Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 9 different Senate Democrats voting to advance the GOP persevering with decision to maintain the federal government open.
In an interview on MSNBC this weekend, Clyburn mentioned he thought Senate Democrats had been “on board” with the technique embraced by Home Democrats — practically all of whom opposed that exact same invoice — pointing to Schumer’s remarks on Wednesday, when he mentioned the GOP’s persevering with decision didn’t have the votes to get via the Senate.
“You know, I don’t know. I thought the Senate was on board. If you can remember when Leader Schumer announced that the votes were not there, I thought that this was the time for the whole country to focus on exactly who was where,” Clyburn mentioned.
Clyburn pointed to Quinnipiac College polling information displaying a plurality of the American public would blame both President Trump or the Republicans for a authorities shutdown. Thirty-two p.c mentioned within the survey final week that they’d blame Democrats.
“When I saw the numbers, 22 percent of the American people said Trump was responsible. Around 31 percent said the Republicans were responsible. Add that up, I’m not good in math, but that’s over 50 percent of the American people blaming the Republicans.”
Clyburn fiercely defended Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who Clyburn mentioned was “blindsided” by Schumer’s assist for the decision.
“For the first 24 hours, they seem to be on board. And then all of a sudden, there’s this change. What happened in the 24-hour period? I’m not sure, but nobody should be blaming Hakeem Jeffries for that,” Clyburn mentioned.
Clyburn pushed again in opposition to those that say “we need new leadership.”
“Jeffries played it by the rules,” Clyburn mentioned. “He played the game the way it ought to be played, and somehow he got blindsided.”
Schumer has defended his vote by saying a authorities shutdown would have been worse, successfully accelerating Trump’s efforts to shut down authorities businesses he doesn’t like, however he has confronted intense backlash throughout the occasion for not placing up a struggle.
