Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Dr.i., said Sunday that Republicans forced Democratic legislators to choose between supporting a continuous resolution or a government closure, which would have allowed them to further reduce the federal government.
Whitehouse told ABC News co -chapter “This Week”, Martha Raddatz, who at the previous closure, the Executive Power has advocated that the government reopens, but the administration of President Donald Trump would have taken advantage of one.
“With these Maga extremists in charge, they do not necessarily want to leave the closure, and have tools in closing contingencies and determinations of non -essentiality and riffing and things so they can use to destroy the government, as well as Doggy Doge, except with an appearance of legitimacy, with the authority of Powers,” said Whitehouse, in an exclusive interview.
The leader of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., and another nine in the Democratic Caucus voted with the Republicans to approve the continuous resolution. Whitehouse voted against.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse talks to ABC News this week.
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Schumer’s support caused a violent reaction among the Democrats, and many requested a change in leadership.
Here are additional outstanding aspects of the Whitehouse interview:
About the dangers of closure
“When you understand how dangerous the closure is, it is even more, more or less understandable why they would feel like that. So, I think what we must do is stop the intramural struggle and bleeding as fast as we can. We are in a struggle for our democracy at this time, and if we are fighting on our bench, we are not in the countryside, and the other team is scoring races. “
About what the Democrats must do
“Both were extremely extremely dangerous options, and my opinion is that, as Democrats, we must stop the intramural dispute over who voted in what way and return to work by saving our democracy.”
About the Democrats who voted for the continuous resolution
“I think that [Schumer] and the other nine colleagues who made that decision made a very conscientious decision and principles after great reflection. I will not launch any of them under the bus for the choice they made. When you understand how dangerous a closure is, it is even more understandable why they would feel that way. “
On the lack of response of the minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, about the Senate Democrats who need new leadership
“That is not my agenda. That is not a useful narrative at this time. I think there is obviously a lot of anguish, round trip, between the camera and the Senate. That is not unprecedented before. And one can read the responses of the leader Jeffries as basically, ‘Look, keep going, I will not stop in the internal infections between the Democrats’ and I do not necessarily like it’ I am throwing a bugs under the bus. They know a lot of time.
