President Donald Trump put the looming government shutdown squarely on Democrats Tuesday, emphasizing that Republicans, who passed legislation out of the House to fund the government at current levels earlier this month before Senate Democrats stymied it, want the government to remain open.

During an Oval Office press conference about reductions in Pfizer-produced drug prices, Breitbart News asked the president what the looming Democrat shutdown –which comes as the party’s RealClearPolitics average favorability rating pings at 33 percent–says about the party.

“They are shutting it down. We’re not shutting it down. We don’t want it to shut down because we have the greatest period of time ever. I tell you we have $17 trillion being invested, so the last person that wants it shut down i

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