Can Republicans dodge shutdown blame this time?

Published January 19, 2019 5:00am ET



Republicans may escape the brunt of the blame for the government shutdown, but only because they’ve been hiding on the sidelines while President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi duke it out.

According to several recent polls, most blame Trump and the Democrats for the current standoff that has left part of the government partially closed for four weeks.

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