Schumer defends decision to vote for GOP funding bill

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defended his decision to back down on opposing the GOP’s government funding bill, warning Thursday evening that “every part of the government” would be at the Trump administration’s “wicked disposal” if the government were to shut down. “Every program, every part of government would be at their disposal, their wicked disposal,” he said on MSNBC. “So that’s the problem here. It’s not that the (continuing resolution) is good, it’s horrible. And all things being equal, we should have opposed it. But the alternative being a shutdown makes things worse.” Schumer said the Trump administration was continuing on with its agenda regardless of whether Democrats vote against their funding bill. “Look, they’re already, even without this CR, they’re already doing it,” he said. “And we have to look just a month ahead and see how bad a shutdown would be for all the things we believe in.”