Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181222:12:45:00
>> wait a minute. the question i asked you, isn't the president responsible for this? i just played that tape. it doesn't give you any more proof than that sth the democrats have also said they will not give it to him. so when you have a 60-vote threshold in the senate to shut the down debate, democrats have power to shut down the government. this is obviously a fight where both sides can tame some blame or credit depending how you look at it. so i don't think it's fair to say the president gets the blame. >> republicans don't have to put this up as part of the agenda, so, of course, they're t...