President Trump has sent several tweets this morning about the looming partial government shutdown. He called on Senate leader Mitch McConnell to use the nuclear option, said there is "nothing better" than a wall, and declared, "Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!"

Here's why those tweets matter: It may sound odd to someone outside of Capitol Hill, but you can’t overstate the importance of the President’s tweets to a sizable chunk of the House Republican conference.

There are members who quite literally spend portions of their time trying to figure out how to garner a tweet. There are others who live in terror of a tweet. Leadership knows a single tweet can change the trajectory of a strategy or closed-door conference meeting. Even House Republican who lost in November — and have spoken an opposition to the president — acknowledge the power.

“It’s everything to our guys,” one GOP House member told CNN last night. “It’s kind of embarrassing when you think about it, but it’s not a vanity thing — it really matters that much back home in the districts.”

So with that in mind: Tweets like this make the House GOP move yesterday completely worth it to the members, even if it leads to a shut down: