Delaware Sen. Christopher Coons Christopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsMurkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight Sunday shows - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death dominates MORE (D) on Sunday said there is "no path" for President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE to secure $5 billion in funding for a wall along the southern border.

“There is frankly no path toward his getting $5 billion in American taxpayer money to meet his campaign promise of a 'big, beautiful wall' with Mexico," Coons said on CBS's "Face the Nation," referring to Trump's campaign rhetoric.

“There is a path toward responsibly appropriating about $1.3 billion for border security," he added.

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With lawmakers unable to come to an agreement over Trump's demand for $5 billion to fund a wall along the border with Mexico, a partial government shutdown went into effect early Saturday.

Democrats have said they are unwilling to agree to funding for the wall, and Coons on Sunday called on Trump to accept the agreement reached in the Senate last week.

The bill, which was agreed to before Trump said he would not sign a bill that doesn't include $5 billion for the wall, included $1.3 billion for border security.

“[The shutdown] ends when President Trump recognized that the bipartisan agreement we came to just last Wednesday, that the Senate voted unanimously on, is the agreement he’s going to have to accept," Coons said.

Trump said Sunday on Twitter that only a "Wall or Barrier" could "stop drugs, gangs, human trafficking, criminal elements and much else from coming into our Country."