White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested on Fox News Tuesday that President Trump might back down from a government shutdown over his demand for $5 billion in wall funding.
She said, "We would take – we have other ways that we can get to the $5 billion that we will work with Congress, if they will make sure that we get a bill passed that provide, not just the funding for the wall but there’s a piece of legislation that’s been pushed around that Democrats actually voted 26 to five out of committee that provides 26, roughly $26 billion in border security, including $1.6 billion for the wall. That’s something that we would be able to support as long as we can couple that with other funding resources that would help us get to the $5 billion."