ELKADER, Iowa (KCRG) —

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, IA-02 refers to the government shutdown as the “Schumer shutdown” and accuses Senate Democrats of playing politics, KCRG reports .

“I’m calling on Senator Schumer to stop playing politics and get the government back open,” Hinson said at an event on Wednesday.

Since the 53-member Republican majority in the U.S. Senate isn’t enough to meet the 60-vote threshold to end the government shutdown, Hinson says it’s Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer keeping the government closed, not Republicans.

“Schumer is afraid of his own shadow, or the shadow of AOC primarying him, and so that’s why he’s choosing to keep the government shut down,” Hinson said.

“Republicans have voted to keep the government open with a clean CR that Schumer has supporte

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