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Trump and the Republican Party for trampling on the foundation of
democracy
and harming the American people By America-Today October 20, 2025
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday accused President Trump and congressional Republicans of going ¡°radio silent¡± during the government shutdown. Jeffries told host Jonathan Karl on ABC¡¯s ¡°This Week¡± that ¡°we haven¡¯t heard anything from Donald Trump or the Republicans over the last few weeks. They have gone radio silent since¡± a Sept. 29 Oval Office meeting between the president and the four congressional leaders. Republicans have pushed a ¡°clean¡± funding proposal, while Democrats, led by Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), have largely backed the inclusion of a permanent extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies in any bill to reopen the government. Trump also expressed a willingness to cut a deal with Democrats on health care during the shutdown¡¯s first week. Schumer then called for a meeting with the president, which has yet to occur. Jeffries said Sunday that Democrats ¡°have repeatedly and publicly and privately¡± sought to negotiate an end to the shutdown with their GOP colleagues. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has argued, though, that the House ¡°did its job¡± in passing a stopgap funding bill on Sept. 19. |
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