House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthyTrump asked Chamber of Commerce to reconsider Democratic endorsements: report The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - White House moves closer to Pelosi on virus relief bill Trump's sharp words put CDC director on hot seat MORE (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE "is the only one who has been reasonable" in negotiations over the partial government shutdown, which ended Friday.

“The president is the only one who has been reasonable in these negotiations. I’ve been in every single meeting, so I watched it. … [Democrats] didn’t want to negotiate. It was the president who offered four different plans," McCarthy said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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Trump on Friday signed a three-week funding bill bringing an end to the government shutdown.

The shutdown, which lasted for more than a month, began on Dec. 22 and was sparked after Trump refused to sign a bill to fund the government that didn't include funding for a border wall.

Before Trump made that demand, the Republican-controlled Senate had voted unanimously in December to approve a continuing resolution to fund the government.

The bill Trump signed Friday does not include wall funding, though he has indicated that he will continue to demand that funding while negotiations continue over the next three weeks.

McCarthy also said during his "Meet the Press" interview that Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Trump is betting big on the suburbs, but his strategy is failing 'bigly' Trump orders flags at half-staff to honor 'trailblazer' Ginsburg MORE (D-Calif.) was unwilling to negotiate with Trump during the shutdown and claimed Trump "put the American people before politics.”

"I watched the president in every one of these meetings offer a reasonable solution. … I watched Speaker Pelosi sit there and would not negotiate with anything. I give President Trump a lot of credit. He put the American people before politics," McCarthy said.