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To the editor : As we read about losing food for the poor with limited or no SNAP payments, airport delays due to the lack of air traffic controllers and many other problems due to the government shutdown, President Trump, on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” blames the Democrats and says he “won’t be extorted” ( “Government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he ‘won’t be extorted’ by Democrats,’” Nov. 3).

Since 1981, the government has had 15 shutdowns, and President Trump has presided over three of them. He has now presided over the two longest shutdowns in history ; his first long shutdown was over a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, which he claimed Mexico w

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