SC politician James Clyburn, US House Majority Whip, says “Until the President releases his hostages – federal workers and the American people – there will be no negotiation,” after Trump’s border wall proposal.
President Donald Trump made his address on funding a border wall Saturday, and it did not take long for one prominent Democrat from South Carolina to respond.
There will be no negotiation and no deals on the issues of the border wall and immigration as long as the president does not end the federal government shutdown, according to a statement from U. S. Rep. James Clyburn.
The House Majority Whip responded to Trump’s address, in a statement that said “until the President releases his hostages — federal workers and the American people — there will be no negotiation.
“End the shutdown now, and we can consider how a compromise giving lasting protections for Dreamers and TPS recipients may lead to a deal on border security.”
Clyburn was open to the idea of discussing the issues with the president when he was interviewed on “Fox News Sunday,” but when pressed by host Chris Wallace the Democrat from Columbia did not budge on that happening during the shutdown, video posted on YouTube shows.
