Now that he is president, Trump and his fellow Republicans are taking a strikingly different posture, refusing to negotiate with Democrats in a shutdown that the GOP say the minority party instigated. If you’ve been in Washington long enough, you’ve most likely argued both sides of a shutdown. Nobody likes a shutdown, but each side insists the American people are on their side — whether their side is supporting a shutdown or not. “We just want Republicans to restore the health care coverage they took away from millions of Americans.”What drives the argument? “Here’s the truth: Democrats shut down the government because they want free health care for illegal aliens and they know it hurts the American people,” Jackson said.