For the first time ever, the US government has shut down on the same day when the President took over the office. Twitter simply can’t miss this ironic detail. As the federal shutdown kicked in, millions of Americans took to the micro-blogging site to express their anguish and outrage.
For the first time ever, the US government has shut down on the same day when the President took over the office. Twitter simply can’t miss this ironic detail. As the federal shutdown kicked in, millions of Americans took to the micro-blogging site to express their anguish and outrage.
While many were seen ‘congratulating’ President Trump, others felt that the shutdown was very much avoidable. Here are some of the best reactions from the tweeple:
Happy Anniversary, eh?
Making point with the most politically-apt meme
Well, you just said it!
Mr Sulu from Star Trek explains it all
What should happen now, tells Senator Kamala Harris
Best front page headline for shutdown?
In a dramatic late-night session, senators blocked a bill to extend government funding through February 16. The bill needed 60 votes in the 100-member Senate but fell short with only 50 supporting it.
Most Democrats opposed the bill because their efforts to include protections for hundreds of thousands for the young immigrants known as Dreamers failed.
Huddled negotiations by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer in the last minutes before midnight were unsuccessful, and the U.S. government technically ran out of money at midnight.
The shutdown formally began on Saturday, the first anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Trump's administration immediately sought to blame Democrats.
Until a funding deal is worked out, scores of federal agencies across the country will be unable to operate, and hundreds of thousands of "non-essential" federal workers will be put on temporary unpaid leave.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding measure on Thursday. But Republicans then needed the support of at least 10 Democrats to pass the bill in the Senate. While five Democrats ended up voting for the measure, five Republicans voted against it.
Democratic leaders demanded that the measure include protections from deportation for about 700,000 undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers who arrived in the United States as children.
Republicans refused to include those protections, and neither side was willing to back down. McConnell and Schumer insisted they were still committed to finding an agreement that restores government funding as soon as possible.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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