The White House is getting a taste of its own medicine, with Democratic-led states using government websites to blame President Donald Trump for the fallout of the government shutdown.

In an extremely Trumpy move, several blue-state agencies have begun posting partisan-sounding notices accusing Republicans of triggering the federal funding lapse, which entered its 22nd day on Wednesday with no end in sight.

The approach mirrors the White House’s own messaging earlier this month, when multiple federal agency websites carried banners blaming the shutdown on the “radical left.” Critics said those messages risked violating the 1939 Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activities.

The government shutdown began Oct. 1, after Republican spending proposals f

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