As the 21st government shutdown that involved furloughs since 1976 enters its fourth day, it’s worth examining the longest shutdown in US history. It occurred in 2018-2019, when Donald Trump was president for the first time. That record shutdown happened because Trump was insisting on $5.7 billion to build a wall along the southwest US border with Mexico. More recent data have not been released.”Republicans blame the current shutdown on Democrats and refuse to negotiate on health care costs. @POTUS on a shutdown: "They want to give health care to illegal immigrants, which will destroy health care for everybody else in our country — and I didn't see them bend even a little bit when I said we can't do that."