Screenshot: PBS Newshour / Youtube Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sparked a massive backlash from the White House on Thursday after making a “disgusting and revealing” statement about the government shutdown he caused. As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Schumer Shutdown took effect at 12:01 am on October 1 after two measures to avert the government shutdown failed in the Senate. The measures needed 60 votes to pass. The GOP-backed measure failed to pass in a 55-45 vote – Rand Paul voted with the Democrats. Since then, the GOP has madeseven attempts to reopen the government, only to be foiled by Schumer and the Democrats. A giddy Schumer, though boasted to PunchBowl News in an interview that things keep getting better for Democrats the longer…
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