Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is shifting the blame to Donald Trump for the lengthening partial government shutdown.
McConnell isn’t saying it quite that bluntly, of course. He is a politician, after all.
But the meaning is plain enough:
“I’ve made it clear on several occasions, and let me say it again: The Senate will not take up any proposal that does not have a real chance of passing this chamber AND getting a presidential signature,” he said. The emphasis on that ‘and’ was McConnell’s, and it offers an unmistakable signal.
Then the majority leader dished on Democrats: “Let’s not waste the time. Let’s not get off on the wrong foot, with House Democrats using their new platform to produce political statements rather than serious solutions.”