President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers must be worried about being held responsible if the government shuts down at the end of the month, because they’re spreading coordinated lies about Democrats’ requests in order to deflect blame.

Trump, who canceled a negotiation meeting with Democratic lawmakers, falsely claimed that Democrats want Republicans to add funding for "transgender surgeries" and "$1 trillion dollars in new spending to continue free health care for illegal aliens"—neither of which is even remotely true.

GOP lawmakers had enough shame to drop the transgender surgery lie, but they’ve been spreading the falsehood that Democrats are demanding to add health care for undocumented immigrants in order to keep the government open.

"Democrats are holding the AMERICAN government H

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