Democratic leaders demanded a meeting with President Trump Saturday as lawmakers face a Sept. 30 deadline to pass legislation to avert a government shutdown — a “desperation” move that comes a day after all-but-two Senate Dems rejected a stopgap bill that would keep funding at current levels through Nov. 21, the White House said.

“We write to demand a meeting in connection with your decision to shut down the federal government because of the Republican desire to continue to gut the healthcare of the American people,” the Empire State Democrats wrote in a letter to the president.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told Trump it is “now your obligation to meet with us directly.”

Schumer and Jeffries bemoaned that Republicans

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