Schumer noted that he asked the president why he wouldn’t end the shutdown and Trump couldn’t answer.

“I asked him directly,” Schumer told the press. “I said, ‘Mr. President, give me one good reason why you should continue your shutdown of the eight cabinet departments while we are debating our differences on homeland security?’ He could not give a good answer.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-couldnt-give-democrats-good-answer-wont-stop-government-shutdown/

Daniel Taylor (right) is charged with simple battery after assaulting McDonald’s employee Yasmine James and then kicking another female employee in the stomach. (Images courtesy of Facebook / Pinellas County Police)

https://atlantablackstar.com/2019/01/02/white-florida-man-arrested-after-yanking-black-female-mcdonalds-employee-in-dispute-over-straw-kicked-another-black-woman-before-leaving/

A Florida man was booked on battery charges this week after he physically assaulted a McDonald’s worker during a dispute over a straw, an incident that has sparked outrage across social media.

The drama unfolded just after 6:50 p.m. at the McDonald’s restaurant at 4595 34th St S in St. Petersburg, Florida on Monday, according to witness Kinie Biandudi, who videoed the melee. The 54-second clip shows a white male customer reach across the counter and grab a Black female employee by her shirt, prompting the young woman to deliver several blows to the customer’s head.

“YES this really did happen last night for all those asking me … it all started because he wanted a straw!!!” Biandudi wrote on Facebook. “The young girl said she used to box🥊. After this fight, he came back and went behind the counter & tried to fight the manager. The guy left before the cops arrived.”

A Pinellas County Police report identified the suspect as 40-year-old Daniel Willis Taylor, who is not only accused of assaulting employee Yasmine James, but also kicking another female employee in the stomach. Taylor, whom the report lists as “transient,” reportedly became upset over the restaurant’s policy requiring customers to request drinking straws at the front.

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Trump frames the border wall as being about "health and wellness": "The $5.6 billion is a small number. It's one month in Afghanistan. We're talking about national security. This isn't just the border. This is national security. This is health and wellness. This is everything."

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President Trump has invited 8 top lawmakers to sit down Wednesday afternoon and discuss the partial government shutdown and border funding. - @CNBC

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Here are the top 5 Democrats who are about to make Trump’s life miserable in 2019



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.@realDonaldTrump has given Democrats a great opportunity to show how we will govern responsibly & quickly pass our plan to end the irresponsible #TrumpShutdown – just the first sign of things to come in our new Democratic Majority committed to working #ForThePeople.

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Dear @realDonaldTrump: Dems don't support open borders; crime is down; & immigrants commit less crime.

Here's the problem you created. If Dems cave to your ransom-note tactics of using a shutdown, what's to keep you from doing this again? Nothing. That's why Dems won't budge.

https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1080144741533007872