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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?
Awe. Happy anniversary to you @realDonaldTrump for being the catalyst for the women's march one year ago. Congrats too on the #TrumpShutdown Hella job you're doing! pic.twitter.com/9ODzILdin7
— WI Bobbi (@wi_bobbi) January 20, 2018
Making point with the most politically-apt meme
so exactly a year after trump gets inaugurated the government shuts down... #TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/link3M8yD8
— e (@sluttth) January 20, 2018
Well, you just said it!
January 20, 2017: Trump gets inaugurated
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 20, 2018
January 20, 2018: The government shuts down#TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/2yVx8I08bP
Mr Sulu from Star Trek explains it all
Precisely one year into his term, with control of both houses of Congress, Trump managed to trigger a shutdown of the government. But many failed to notice since the Trump Administration’s utter incompetence had made it seem as if it had already stopped working. #TrumpShutdown
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 20, 2018
What should happen now, tells Senator Kamala Harris
This shutdown was avoidable. The WH created this crisis & the GOP leaders in Congress refused to negotiate with Democrats. We must pass a bipartisan solution to fund the government, guarantee health care for millions of kids & protect Dreamers. Americans expect & deserve it.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 20, 2018
Best front page headline for shutdown?
SHUTDOWN. Leading HuffPost right now: https://t.co/LoTcUmcUP3 pic.twitter.com/QusYzNWEnP
— Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) January 20, 2018
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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