Scaramucci: Trump should take the hit and end shutdown

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Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Friday he blames both lawmakers and his former boss, President Trump, for letting the shutdown linger on for three weeks.

“I’m not here blaming the president, Chris. I know there’s a lot of people who want to blame him. I think there’s blame on both sides. But I think that the big thing here now is that you’ve got 20 days, longest government shutdown in history. You’re going to start to affect the stock market and the economy,” Scaramucci told CNN host Chris Cuomo.

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