President Donald Trump on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with House Republicans, as Democratic lawmakers spurned an invitation to come to the White House to discuss ending the longest government shutdown on record.

REPUBLICAN-ONLY MEETING

Trump made no public comments following his meeting with nine House Republicans. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump “has a proposal on the table that includes additional technology at ports of entry, allows minors from Central America to seek asylum in their home country, and physical barriers between ports of entry made of steel instead of concrete.”

Moderate Democrats including Reps. Lou Correa and Stephanie Murphy, who lead what’s called the Blue Dog Coalition, declined to attend. Correa said he would welcome talks once the government is reopened. Murphy said she had a scheduling conflict and also called for the government to be re-opened.

One Republican who did attend, Rep. Rodney Davis, tweeted ahead of the meeting that he was “personally hoping for some leftovers from last night’s Clemson dinner,” a reference to the fast food on offer to the nation’s college football champions. Another, Rep. John Katko, said there may be another meeting on Wednesday at the White House as he suggested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “use this as a golden opportunity for a big ask.”

The president was relatively muted on Twitter, asking why Pelosi was getting paid when federal government workers weren’t and saying only a wall can prevent a new caravan of migrants from entering the United States.

Trump also corrected a tweet in which he misspelled the word “hamburger.” Media reports also disputed the quantity of fast food the president personally purchased.