They were already doing that. But why give Trump the power to shutdown agencies now, versus having to fight for it over months and years. Not to mention give him the ability to say Democrats helped him do it, so they must agree with him, is a hammer he'll use forever. Better let him burn it alone.

Not sure I really care about majority views. He's in a leadership position for a reason. To trust his instincts for more than a decade, and then suddenly start calling him a complicit nazi is kind of funny.

No, Schumer shutting down the government would give Trump the power to never reopen whole agencies, and he could forever claim that Democrats helped him do it.

Seriously, do you realize that shutting down the government would give Trump the power to never reopen whole agencies, and he could claim until the end of time that the Democrats helped him?

Because Schumer realizes just as he said, that shutting down the government, would give Trump the power to furlough whole agencies permanently.

Better to let Trump sink the government on his own, than give him the biggest assist possible.

Yah, go ahead use your nukes, see what it gets you in the end.