CNN anchor Dana Bash took House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to task during an interview this week over the “Schumer Shutdown.”
At one point during the interview, Bash suggested that, based on what the New York Democrat previously said, there is room for negotiation between what his party and majority Republicans want in terms of what it will take to reopen the government.
“So all of that is in the bill that you tried to pass, and it didn’t pass, that’s in your proposal, but you started that answer by saying we want to sit down and talk about it. That suggests that what you just said is negotiable, is it?” Bash asked.
“I think we’re always ready and willing and able to have a good faith discussion with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to entertain any ideas that they may put forth with respect to both reopening the government and of decisively addressing the Republican health care crisis,” Jeffries responded, attempting to blame his party’s refusal to back a clean continuing resolution on the GOP.
