Top Democrat slams Trump for attending Ryder Cup golf event as government shutdown looms

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ripped President Donald Trump connected Friday for leaving municipality to ticker golf matches successful New York with conscionable 4 days near to debar a imaginable national government shutdown.

"He doesn't person the clip to conscionable with Democratic leaders to money the authorities and code the Republican wellness attraction crisis, but Donald Trump, close now, arsenic we speak, is astatine a play event," Jeffries, D-N.Y., said astatine a news conference connected Capitol Hill.

Trump near Washington, D.C., connected Friday greeting for Bethpage, Long Island, to ticker matches astatine the Ryder Cup, a biennial men's play competition. Trump flew backmost to Washington connected Air Force One connected Friday afternoon.

Asked what helium sees arsenic an "off-ramp" to an impasse betwixt Republicans and Democrats, Jeffries pointed astatine the president.

"Here's the off-ramp: Donald Trump, get backmost to Washington, D.C.," said Jeffries.

"Why are you astatine a play lawsuit close now, and the authorities is 4 days distant from closing? That's outrageous."

Jeffries and different Democrats reason that Republicans and Trump volition beryllium to blasted if the national authorities shuts down connected Wednesday for deficiency of a stopgap backing package.

Republicans, who clasp constrictive majorities successful the House and Senate, privation to walk what they telephone a "clean" measure to temporarily widen funding.

But Democratic leaders importune that the measure see an hold of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium taxation credits, which are acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of the year. Those credits trim the outgo of wellness security plans purchased connected Obamacare marketplaces.

Republicans telephone those demands unreasonable, arguing that Democrats are the ones lasting successful the mode of the authorities staying open.

Democrats accidental Republicans are refusing to negociate with them due to the fact that they privation to unopen the authorities down.

A backing measure needs 60 votes to beryllium adopted successful the Senate, which means it cannot walk connected a party-line vote.

There are 53 Republican senators and 45 Democratic senators. The 2 autarkic senators caucus with the Democrats.