In response to Donald Trump calling on congressional Republicans to shut down the government, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement: 

“Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are once again putting themselves and their own reckless agenda ahead of the American people. Trump is ordering Republicans to shut down the government and inflict real pain on hardworking Americans across the country because he doesn’t care about the needs of working families, just his own petty political interests. Let’s be clear: Trump and his MAGA Republicans broke a bipartisan agreement and now own any shutdown that comes out of their wildly irresponsible and out-of-touch priorities.”

NEW: Donald Trump is telling his MAGA minions to shut down the government, breaking a bipartisan agreement. 

John Bresnahan, Punchbowl News: “New: Trump is telling Republican senators that he is totally opposed to the CR & believes Mike Johnson has mishandling the situation”

Lawrence Jones III, Fox News: “I just spoke with the President-Elect @realDonaldTrump, and he is ‘totally against’ the proposed CR.”

NBC News: “President-elect Donald Trump excoriated a bipartisan government funding bill Wednesday afternoon, throwing the stopgap measure into chaos just as leaders of both parties were hoping to pass it.”

CBS News: “The new stopgap measure, with approval from the House, Senate and President Biden, would keep the government funded through March 14, giving lawmakers more time to reach agreement on new spending bills when the GOP controls both the House and the Senate.”

Americans have repeatedly made clear they don’t want a government shutdown that would affect working families and our nation’s economic stability.

PBS: “Most Americans say it’s unacceptable for Congress to use federal shutdown as bargaining chip”

Axios: “More than half of American adults say a shutdown of the federal government would affect them personally — and 68% say the threat of one decreases their trust in the government, a new survey says.”

A government shutdown could disrupt the lives of millions of Americans and halt disaster relief funding.

Reuters: “All federal employees’ pay could be disrupted during a shutdown, though they would receive retroactive pay once government operations resume.”

Congressional Research Service: “According to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the federal workforce is composed of an estimated 2.1 million civilian workers.”

Politico: “Congressional leaders have struck a bipartisan deal to push the government funding deadline to March 14 and deliver more than $100 billion in emergency aid for disaster relief, House Republican leaders told their conference Tuesday morning.”