Sen. Kevin Cramer calls on Trump to come to Washington amid negotiations to avert a shutdown

 

Sen. Kevin Cramer calls on Trump to come to Washington amid negotiations to avert a shutdown

Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer told reporters he wants President-elect Donald Trump to come to Washington, DC, and help with negotiations in-person as the Friday midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown looms.

“I think one of the ways that this could get fixed fairly quickly would be if President Trump would come up to Washington tomorrow or spend the weekend here and talk to people face to face,” Cramer said “Let’s face it, I mean, he’s, you know, he’s got a lot of sway and persuasion. He acts more like the sitting president than the sitting president, and if he’d come up, I think he could help move things along.”

Cramer said he still hopes they can avert a shutdown, though he doesn’t see a path forward at this point, after House Republican leadership’s latest package failed on the floor earlier Thursday evening.