Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) is blaming leftist groups and his own party for the ongoing government shutdown.

In a social media post on Wednesday, Golden wrote , “This government shutdown is the result of hardball politics driven by the demands far-left groups are making for Democratic Party leaders to put on a show of their opposition to President Trump.”

He added the shutdown is “hurting Americans and our economy, and the irony is it has only handed more power to the president.”

Golden continued:

This fight is ostensibly about health care, so let me be clear: I opposed the GOP’s Medicaid cuts and I want to extend the ACA tax credits. But some of my colleagues in the majority party have reasonable concerns about tax credits going to high-income households. There’s room and time to negot

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