Anyone who shuts the government down for an amendment is to blame

Let me see if I can explain my position here. Funding the government is the duty of all of our elected officials. During that funding debate in both branches of Congress and with the president's input, certain funding proposals pass or fail.

If a proposal fails to enter into the funding measure, too fucking bad. I don't care what side you're on. If you want to pass a bill or measure, try a different tactic. Win elections, gain votes, convince people, but don't hold the government hostage.

The only reason this tactic is used is because an issue, whatever it is, can not pass on its own. The American people should never, ever succumb to this hostage taking tactic.

If Trump can get the votes to fund his fucking wall, then he can build the damn thing. But he can't get the votes, even when the Republicans controlled every segment of the American government. And don't tell me about the filibuster and that he needed 60 votes in the Senate, because that's not true. The Senate could have changed the cloture rule by a simple majority and Trump called for that, but at least 7 Republican Senators said that they would not change the rule for the wall.