You don’t shut down the government because you have a policy disagreement over a totally separate issue and that’s what the Democrats have done, and it really is astonishing.

To go back 20 years, and pretty much the entire time, that I’ve paid attention to American politics, I have seen Democrats stand before the American people and say, “You don’t shut down the government because you’re not getting what you want.” And here they are, last night, the far-left faction of Senate Democrats, they shut down the government.

Why? Because they’re not getting what they want. And what makes it extra preposterous, if you actually listen to what they say, they say they want to ensure that it’s a premium support program under Obamacare, that they want to