Oh my goodness. Let's see:
* Trump spent most of Thursday and Friday on the phone trying to convince Senate Democrats to vote for the House spending bill that would have kept the government open for another month.
* Trump repeatedly asked that DACA be considered separately from the budget, as it should be.
* The Democrats insisted on tying DACA to the budget.
* After the House passed a spending bill on Thursday by a fairly comfortable margin, Senate Democrats invoked a filibuster so that Republicans would need 60 votes to keep the government open.
* Trump invited Schumer to the White House on Friday afternoon to try to persuade him to support the spending bill and keep the government open.
* Schumer continued to oppose the spending bill and voted against it, as did most of his fellow Democrats.
* 47 of the 51 Republicans in the Senate voted for the spending bill, but only 5 Democrats voted for the bill.
Liberal conclusion: Trump caused the shutdown! You can't make up stuff that's funnier and more pathetic than this.
* Trump spent most of Thursday and Friday on the phone trying to convince Senate Democrats to vote for the House spending bill that would have kept the government open for another month.
* Trump repeatedly asked that DACA be considered separately from the budget, as it should be.
* The Democrats insisted on tying DACA to the budget.
* After the House passed a spending bill on Thursday by a fairly comfortable margin, Senate Democrats invoked a filibuster so that Republicans would need 60 votes to keep the government open.
* Trump invited Schumer to the White House on Friday afternoon to try to persuade him to support the spending bill and keep the government open.
* Schumer continued to oppose the spending bill and voted against it, as did most of his fellow Democrats.
* 47 of the 51 Republicans in the Senate voted for the spending bill, but only 5 Democrats voted for the bill.
Liberal conclusion: Trump caused the shutdown! You can't make up stuff that's funnier and more pathetic than this.