Democrats Respond to
Trump's Oval Office Speech House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
and Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer led the response. They called out
the president for
choosing "fear" over "facts" and urged him to
"end this shutdown." The U.S. government
has been under a partial
shutdown for almost three weeks. Pelosi called Trump's focus
on the border wall an "obsession." She referred to the
shutdown as Trump holding
critical services and the
American people "hostage." Schumer stated that the
shutdown and the border
security should be treated
as two separate issues. Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader