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The Schumer Shutdown Is Over...and the Trump White House Had the Perfect Tweet for It

The longest government shutdown is over, and Trump won. He won. And credit to the Republicans. If compromising on protections for federal workers was the price to stop $1.5 trillion from going to illegal alien health care benefits and funding NPR, that’s not the worst outcome. Still, Democrats got nothing. They basically signed onto the exact same deal Republicans pitched in October. 

The president signed the bill, which passed the House 222-209 after sailing through the Senate once eight Democrats opted to end this circus and joined Republicans in reopening the government. At the signing, Trump reminded the nation of the damage Democrats did to the country with this shambolic ploy.

"I just want to tell the American people, you should not forget this. When we come up to midterms and other things, don't forget what they've done to the country,” Trump said. 

The White House also had the perfect tweet to commemorate this moment: