Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a 2024 presidential campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. September 20, 2023.
"Republicans in Congress can and must defund all aspects of Crooked Joe Biden’s weaponized Government," Trump wrote on his Truth Social media site late on Wednesday, calling it "the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me and other Patriots."
New York and Georgia are also prosecuting him and a federal shutdown would not affect those cases.
Republicans and Democrats seized on Trump's plea, with Trump ally, U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz, posting on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Trump Opposes the Continuing Resolution.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X: "Trump ordered House Republicans to shutdown the government.
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