House Republican predicts shutdown will last beyond Thanksgiving

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Friday said the government shutdown, the longest in modern U.S. history, will stretch past Thanksgiving.

“I think it’s going to go on after Thanksgiving,” Burchett told anchor Blake Burman on “The Hill on NewsNation.” “Yeah, I think the pain is going to continue until the TSA — [if] you have three or four Democrats peel off and capitulate on this thing, and it’s going to come back and say, ‘Hey, you know this is our health care issue. Let’s come to the table. Let’s quit suffering. Let’s get to the table on this, on this health care issue.’”

“And until that happens, I don’t see it happening,” Burchett added.

Burchett said that Republicans have “staked their ground” with passing a clean continuing resolution, but added if Democrats want to negotiate over expanding health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, “What’s wrong with President Trump’s idea of opening the government?”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/house-republican-predicts-shutdown-last-031348198.html

Burchett sounds like he's proud of it.