Jeffries urges Trump to 'get off the sidelines' as shutdown becomes longest ever

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Jeffries urges Trump to 'get off the sidelines' as shutdown becomes longest ever  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urges Donald Trump to "get off the sidelines and get in the game" to help end the ongoing government shutdown, accusing Republicans of lacking leadership. Speaking in Washington, Jeffries says Democrats are ready for bipartisan talks with the president, but "until he does, this government will remain shut down." Republicans and Democrats are in disagreement in Congress over an extension of federal funding, but Democrats have balked, demanding that any funding plan also include an extension of enhanced Obamacare health insurance subsidies, which are set to expire.   DC POOL / AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #worldnews

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00:00Earlier today, Leader Schumer and I demanded a meeting with Donald Trump.

00:03He needs to get off the sidelines and get in the game, because until he does, this government

00:10will remain shut down.

00:14Mike Johnson and John Thune have zero authority to act on their own.

00:18The only way to move forward with a bipartisan negotiation is for the president to get off

00:23the sidelines and get in the game so we can reopen the government, enact a bipartisan

00:30spending agreement, and decisively address the Republican health care crisis.

00:35We've seen a lack of presidential leadership, and we've seen this in a variety of different

00:40ways from the very beginning of this term.

00:44It's a my way or the highway approach, that's the reason why Republicans have shut the government

00:48down up until this point.

00:50But it's not working for the American people, and they're going to have to change course.

00:54Are you personally really comfortable with having a socialist running your city?

00:59Azoran Mondami is the mayor-elect of the city of New York, and it's incumbent upon everyone

01:05to make sure that he's successful.

01:20a person can say that he's successful.

01:23It's not working for the parliament, but it's not working for him.

01:26It's not working for someone.

01:28It's like an example...

01:29It's not working for someone to make sure that he's successful.

01:32It's a very good thing.

01:33The people that have been doing a lot of work themselves are everywhere.

01:35The young people that have been told by the careers that they have won the

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