'Democrats Playing Pure Partisan Politics': White House On Government Shutdown

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday accused the Democrats in Congress of causing the shutdown of the US government.

“Democrats in Congress have officially shut down the United States government. House Republicans passed a nonpartisan, clean piece of legislation to extend current government funding until November 21st, but nearly every single Democrat senator voted against this bill. This was the exact same bill that Democrats approved six months ago in March, just adjusted for inflation," Leavitt told reporters at the White House.

She further said: “"This is the same kind of clean funding bill that Democrats passed 13 separate times when they held the majority during Joe Biden’s administration."

She accused the Democrat of playing “pure partisan politics" and asser