In a late night tweet Tuesday, President Trump ratcheted up taunts aimed at Democrats over the short-lived government shutdown, reiterating his insistence that there can be no fix on DACA without funding for his border wall.
“Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fully understands, especially after his humiliating defeat, that if there is no Wall, there is no DACA,” the president tweeted, referring to what he earlier described as how the Democrats “caved” on the shutdown.
On Monday, the Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that keeps the government open until Feb. 8. Democrats joined in the 81-18 vote, agreeing to support the measure in exchange for assurances from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to work on a deal to grant legal status to roughly 700,000 immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Tuesday’s tweet came after Schumer, the Senate minority leader, informed the White House that he was withdrawing an offer made during the heat of funding negotiations. In it, he agreed to support more than $1.6 billion for construction of the wall along the southern border with Mexico. But, as Schumer told reporters on Tuesday, that offer, made Friday, was contingent on striking a more comprehensive deal that included DACA — a deal that has not materialized.
“The thought was that we could come to an agreement that afternoon, the president would announce his support, and the Senate and the House would get it done and it would be on the president’s desk,” Schumer said Tuesday, according to Politico.
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