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Trump's Border Wall Could Cause A Government Shutdown

Neither Trump nor Democrats look like they're backing down.

WASHINGTON ― PresidentDonald Trumpis threatening a government shutdown if congressional Democrats do not give in to his demands to fund a border wall in a spending bill next month, but Democrats do not appear to be backing down.

“If we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall,” Trump said during a Tuesday rally in Phoenix, Arizona, suggesting that he wouldallow a shutdowncome October if a U.S.-Mexico wall was not funded.

Democratic leaders responded swiftly Wednesday morning making it clear that the inclusion of wall funding in a bill to keep the government open would be enough for them to vote no.

“If the President pursues this path, against the wishes of both Republicans and Democrats, as well as the majority of the American people, he will be heading towards a government shutdown which nobody will like and which won’t accomplish anything,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) also issued a statement, saying Democrats would“stand fast against the immoral, ineffective border wall and the rest of Republicans’ unacceptable poison pill riders.”

“Make no mistake,” Pelosi added, “the President said he will purposefully hurt American communities to force American taxpayers to fund an immoral, ineffective and expensive border wall.”