Overview
- In a NewsNation interview, Sen. Roger Marshall pushed back after Leland Vittert asked how long Republicans could afford a shutdown “PR crisis.”
- Vittert cited looming harms such as reduced SNAP benefits and an expected 10% cut to flights at dozens of airports.
- Marshall argued that funding bills require 60 votes in the Senate and said Republicans will not trade budget concessions or “another $1.5 trillion” to reopen the government.
- Trump told Senate Republicans the shutdown was “a big factor, negative for the Republicans,” following Democratic gains in recent elections.
- The shutdown has reached day 37, the longest on record, as polling shows more voters blaming Republicans for the impasse.