Democrats to Trump: 'End this shutdown now'

(9 Jan 2019) Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump should reopen government while talks continue over the U.S.-Mexico border wall because there's "no excuse for hurting millions of Americans. Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered the Democratic response to Trump's Oval Office address Tuesday. Schumer noted that Trump had promised to have Mexico pay for the wall. But he says having failed, Trump is now "unable to convince Congress or the American people to foot the bill." Schumer says, "American democracy doesn't work that way. We don't govern by temper tantrum." Pelosi said in her rebuttal to President Donald Trump's Oval Office address that "we all agree that we need to secure our borders." She noted that the House passed legislation to reopen government on the first day of the new Congress. But Trump rejects that legislation because it doesn't have funding for his border wall. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...