Author: David Jackson / Source: USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s aides and congressional Democrats continued to assail each other on Sunday over the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall that triggered a partial government shutdown – now in its ninth day.
Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway said Trump is waiting for counter-offers from Democrats about a proposed spending plan that includes money for a wall and other border security measures.
“He’s ready to receive a counter-offer from the Democrats,” Conway said on Fox News Sunday, declining to provide details on what Trump would or would not accept.
Congressional Democrats said Trump knows they will not support federal money for his proposed wall. They added that the president is the one who refused to endorse a spending plan worked out this month by bipartisan leaders in Congress, and once said he was willing to shut down the government over the wall and his version of border security.
“The president moved the goalposts,” said Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, speaking on CBS’ Face The Nation.
For his part, Trump tweeted out a poll result showing that 62 percent of veterans…
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