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Trump says Schumer, Senate Democrats holding government ‘hostage’ with shutdown: ‘We will not be extorted’

Buddy DoyleBy Buddy DoyleOctober 22, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats are “holding the entire federal government hostage” during the shutdown, vowing, “We will not be extorted on this crazy plot of theirs.”

Trump, speaking during a lunch at the White House Rose Garden, said, “Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats need to vote for the clean, bipartisan CR and reopen our government. It’s got to be reopened right now.

“They are the obstructionists. And the reason they’re doing it is because we’re doing so well. We’re doing well all over the world.”

The president described Schumer as a politician who is in “deep trouble” and “losing in all of the polls.”

GOP BLAMES SCHUMER FOR SHUTDOWN TO APPEASE ‘MARXIST FLANK’ AMID AOC PRIMARY CHALLENGE BUZZ

“He’s even losing to AOC, plus three,” Trump said, referring to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and other members of the progressive “Squad.”

The government shutdown is now on its 21st day. 

“You can call it the Schumer shutdown or the Democrats shutdown,” Trump said Tuesday.

“You can call it whatever you want. And I will say this, that we have Darth Vader, you know, Darth Vader, right?” the president said in reference to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. “They call him Darth Vader. I call him a fine man, but he’s cutting Democrat priorities, and they’re never going to get them back.

WHITE HOUSE SLAMS SCHUMER’S ‘DISGUSTING’ STATEMENT ON SHUTDOWN AS POLITICAL STANDOFF CONTINUES

President Donald Trump listens to speech from Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

“Many of the things that they wanted are things that we don’t want. Things that are just so bad for our country, and we’re cutting those things out,” the president said.

“Today I’m calling on every Senate Democrat to stop the madness, to let our country get back.

Senators look on as Trump delivers Rose Garden speech

“In the greatest moment in the history of our country, in terms of wealth, in terms of job creation and in terms of investment coming in, these guys go on strike. It’s really a shame. So, I’m asking them to be smart. It’s not working. They’re getting killed in the polls,” Trump said. “The public understands what they’re doing. They’re doing the wrong thing.”

Trump also said Republicans “have to win the midterms,” and “we’re going to end up with a communist mayor in New York,” a reference to democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

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