US Democratic leaders have cancelled a planned meeting with President Donald Trump after he attacked them on Twitter.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi abruptly pulled out of the Tuesday’s bipartisan meeting and asked for immediate talks with top Republican leaders instead after the US president said he did not “see a deal” to avoid a government shutdown.
Trump also accused Democrats of being soft on crime, taxes and illegal immigration.
“Given that the President doesn’t see a deal between Democrats and the White House, we believe the best path forward is to continue negotiating with our Republican counterparts in Congress instead,” the two Democratic leaders said in a joint statement. “Rather than going to the White House for a show meeting that won’t result in an agreement, we’ve asked leader [Mitch] McConnell and Speaker [Paul] Ryan to meet this afternoon. We don’t have any time to waste in…