President Donald Trump responded to Republican election losses in several areas on Tuesday by saying that there were two reasons why.
“Trump wasn’t on the ballot, and shutdown, were the two reasons that Republicans lost elections tonight,” he wrote in all caps in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, citing what he said were pollsters.
In a separate post on Truth Social, the president said his recent “60 Minutes” interview that aired on Sunday evening “was the highest rated 60 Minutes IN YEARS!”
The shutdown, initiated on Oct. 1, became the longest in U.S. history on Tuesday evening as members of Congress couldn’t reach a funding agreement. Democrats have said they wouldn’t fund a stopgap bill unless it contained health care provisions that are due to expire at the end of the year, while Republicans have said that any talks with Democrats on policy need to come after the government is reopened….