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Raskin: Trump Acting Like an ‘Authoritarian Steamroller’

Friday on CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-CA) said President Donald Trump was acting like an “authoritarian steamroller.” Rskin said, “We need consensus and we need negotiation, which is why we are telling our Republican colleagues who defected on a

Rep Jamie Raskin

Axelrod: Dems ‘Saw a Lever of Power’ on Shutdown

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” CNN Chief Political Analyst David Axelrod stated that with the government shutdown, Democrats “saw a lever of power here to try and force” Republicans on health care. Axelrod said, “I’m sure there’s politics on

BorderShutdown - David Axelrod on CNN

8 Wild Demands from Democrats to Reopen the Government

The U.S. is nearing a full month of a government shutdown at the hands of Democrats who have done their best to place the blame squarely on Republicans, despite the fact that the GOP has passed a clean continuing resolution (CR) several times — a CR that Democrats have easily supported in the past.

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, speaks about the government