winning!

John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), are also warning of the devastating consequences of a shutdown.

“The president has shown a willingness to cut far and wide, really on impulse in many cases. … If you shut down, he decides what is essential. [Trump] is the one who decides which arms of government continue, which arms get actually shut down. In a strange way, [a government shutdown] gives him even more power,” Hickenlooper warned.

Democrats lose either way...

They are boxed in. Best they can do is punt.

With Pelosi and Schumer, they will probably shut it down, suffer massive cuts and take the blame too.