Pelosi Statement on Trump-Musk Shutdown Threat

San Francisco – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi released the following statement:

“On the eve of a deadline to fulfill our responsibility to meet the needs of the American people by funding the government, unelected billionaire Elon Musk has ordered his puppet President-elect and House Republicans to break the bipartisan agreement reached by House and Senate Democrats and Republicans to keep government open.

“In 2018, then-President Trump said that ‘our country needs a good shutdown.'  He was wrong then and he is wrong now.  There is no such thing as a good shutdown of government.  A Trump-Musk Shutdown will hurt America’s working families, seniors, veterans and disaster survivors.  It forces servicemembers, law enforcement officers and first responders to work without pay.  And at the peak of the holiday travel season, it degrades airport security and air traffic control.

“By following the marching orders of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, House Republicans are abdicating their responsibility to the American people and siding with billionaires and special interests.  House Republicans must do the right thing for the American people and uphold the bipartisan agreement that they negotiated to prevent a reckless shutdown.  To do so otherwise would be harmful – and therefore stupid.”