‘Democrats Playing Pure Partisan Politics’: White House On Government Shutdown

Last Updated:October 02, 2025, 02:57 IST

On Tuesday midnight, the US government officially shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding to keep the government running.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks on the government shutdown (IMAGE: REUTERS)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday accused the Democrats in Congress of causing the shutdown of the US government.

“Democrats in Congress have officially shut down the United States government. House Republicans passed a nonpartisan, clean piece of legislation to extend current government funding until November 21st, but nearly every single Democrat senator voted against this bill. This was the exact same bill that Democrats approved six months ago in March, just adjusted for inflation,” Leavitt told reporters at the White House.

She further said: “”This is the same kind of clean funding bill that Democrats passed 13 separate times when they held the majority during Joe Biden’s administration.”

She accused the Democrat of playing “pure partisan politics” and asserted that the United States cannot afford to provide “taxpayer-funded free healthcare to illegals”.

“So the American people woke up this morning and asked the obvious question: Why is the government shut down right now? The answer is pure partisan politics being played by the Democrat party. The Democrats shut down the government because President Trump and the Republicans will not force American taxpayers to pay for free healthcare for illegal aliens. America is $37 trillion in debt. We cannot afford to provide taxpayer-funded free healthcare to illegals who broke the law to enter our country…” she said.

On Tuesday midnight, the US government officially shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding to keep the government running.

According to a report by The Guardian, the lawmakers voted 55-45 on a resolution that would keep current levels of funding until November 21. It ultimately failed to reach the 60 votes needed.

During the press conference on Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance said that President Donald Trump took “historic” action to “lower” prescription drug prices, but the democrats did “nothing to help them.”

“Democrats say that they care a lot about lowering health care costs. And yet, when the president took historic action to work with the drug companies to lower prescription drug prices, the Democrats did nothing to help us… What they have done instead is to shut down the government because we won’t give billions of dollars to health care funding for illegal aliens…,” Vance told reporters at White House.

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