Trump Backs Out of Negotiations With Democrats, Green Lights Impending Government Shutdown as Health Care Crisis Looms Arrow

Donald Trump and his Republican Party would rather shut down the government than address the health care crisis they created. Just this morning, after initially agreeing to meet with Democratic leaders in Congress, Trump canceled the meeting, instead choosing to throw the American people under the bus.

In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:

"In mere days, millions of Americans will begin to learn that their health insurance prices are going to skyrocket by an average of 75% because of Donald Trump. But today, the White House backed out of negotiations with Democrats to prevent this entirely Republican-caused health care crisis. Despite controlling the entire government, Trump and Republicans in Congress have put the country on a collision course with a government shutdown, all because they're hellbent on raising health care costs for our nation's families. All Trump does is break promises and make working Americans' lives worse. He promised to bring down prices. He promised to fix health care. But his promises are bullshit. Unless you're a billionaire who stuffs his pockets with donor money, Trump doesn't care whether you can afford your insurance costs or make ends meet. Trump owns this shutdown.

"Make no mistake: Democrats won't back down from protecting the American people's health care, and will fight tooth and nail to reverse the Trump-led health care crisis. The common sense proposal Democrats have put forward would avert a shutdown, extend health care subsidies, and reverse the reckless health care cuts in Trump's billionaire-first budget bill that would take away health care from millions of Americans."

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