Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is pushing Congress to a government shutdown because he is scared of being challenged in a primary by far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton (R-AR) theorized to Breitbart News.
After Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reportedly left their Monday afternoon meeting with President Donald Trump without a deal to avoid a government shutdown before the Wednesday deadline, Cotton blasted the New York senator in an exclusive statement.
“Chuck Schumer is shutting down the government because he’s terrified of a primary from AOC. His actions are disgraceful,” the Arkansas Republican said when asked for his reaction to congressional Democrats’ refusal to agree on a short-term funding deal.
House Republicans were joined by a singular Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (ME), in passing a bill on September 19 that would have kept the government funded until November 20, but Senate Democrats blocked it from advancing. Instead, they proposed their own funding bill demanding an additional $1.4 trillion for far-left projects including free health care for illegal aliens and funding for NPR and PBS, Breitbart News reported.