Sept. 23 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump canceled a planned meeting with Democratic congressional leaders to prevent a government shutdown Tuesday.
Trump planned to meet this week with the two as a Sept. 30 funding deadline to keep the government open nears. He was expected to meet with Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Thursday.
But Tuesday, he posted on Truth Social that he'd canceled the meeting because he didn't like the list of Democrats' demands, which he painted as "Radical Left Policies that nobody voted for-- High Taxes, Open Borders, No Consequences for Violent Criminals, Men in Women's Sports, Taxpayer funded 'TRANSGENDER' surgery, and much more."
Earlier Tuesday, Jeffries and Schumer said in a statement they planned to use the meeting to "emphasize the importance of addressing rising costs, including the Republican healthcare crisis. It's past time to meet and work to avoid a Republican-caused shutdown," they said.
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