On Monday, during an appearance on Fox Business, Kennedy predicted that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer would ultimately be forced to “engineer an off-ramp” to end the ongoing government shutdown.
Kennedy told host Larry Kudlow, “I know him well. This shutdown is not about policy. It’s about politics.”
“And Senator Schumer, this is what’s going on. He is trying to get the loon wing, the socialist wing of the Democratic Party, which is in control, to love him. And they will never love him.“”
“They won’t. He’d be better off doing what he did back in March and just calling it like he saw it and keeping government open.”
“Because what he’s saying, ‘We’re going to keep government shut down until you Republicans and President Trump give the Democrats $1.5 trillion,’ and they’re going to tell us how to spend it.”
“It will end eventually, when Senator Schumer goes to six or eight of his members and Democrats and says, ‘Do me a favor. Vote to open it back up. I may have to criticize you. I’m not going to vote with you, but I need a way out of this. I need an off-ramp.’”
“And that’s what’s going to happen.”
