House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare House lawmakers reach deal to avert shutdown Centrist Democrats 'strongly considering' discharge petition on GOP PPP bill MORE fired back at President Trump on Wednesday after he said a government shutdown “could happen” on Saturday and that Democrats would be to blame.

“President Trump is the only person talking about a government shutdown,” Pelosi tweeted. “Democrats are hopeful the President will be open to an agreement to address the urgent needs of the American people and keep government open.”

President Trump is the only person talking about a government shutdown. Democrats are hopeful the President will be open to an agreement to address the urgent needs of the American people and keep government open. — Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) December 6, 2017

Speaking to reporters at the White House earlier Wednesday, Trump suggested that Democrats’ stance on immigration would be to blame if government funding lapses.

"It could happen," Trump said. “The Democrats are really looking at something that is very dangerous to our country. They are looking at shutting down.”

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“They want to have illegal immigrants pouring into our country, bringing with them crime,” Trump continued. “Tremendous amounts of crime.”

The escalating rhetoric comes one day before Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerSenate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Schumer interrupted during live briefing by heckler: 'Stop lying to the people' Jacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee MORE (D-N.Y.) are scheduled to meet with Trump to discuss year-end priorities. Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Senate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes MORE (R-Ky.) are also slated to attend.

Pelosi and Schumer backed out of a similar meeting last week after Trump tweeted that he did not "see a deal" with Democrats on spending.

Trump, in turn, called the Democrats "all talk" and "no action" and said he would blame Schumer and Pelosi if the government shuts down.

"If that happens, I would absolutely blame the Democrats,” he said.

Lawmakers are working to pass a temporary government funding bill before the Friday deadline, after which the government would shut down.

Some Democrats are pushing for a year-end funding deal to include protections for immigrations who benefited from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that Trump is ending. The program allows immigrants who came to the country illegally as children to work and go to school.

But Republicans have said they will not include a fix for DACA in the spending bill, arguing the issue should be handled separately.