His early morning tweet follows another very similar post from Wednesday night. | Getty Trump: Dems want to shut down the government to bail out Puerto Rico

President Donald Trump accused Democrats Thursday morning of wanting to shutdown the government in order to bail out Puerto Rico and “give billions” to insurance companies for Obamacare.

“The Democrats want to shut government if we don't bail out Puerto Rico and give billions to their insurance companies for OCare failure. NO!” Trump tweeted Thursday.


His early morning tweet follows a similar post from Wednesday night in which the president also tried to link bailing out insurance companies and Puerto Rico with taxpayer money.

“Democrats are trying to bail out insurance companies from disastrous #ObamaCare, and Puerto Rico with your tax dollars. Sad!” he wrote Wednesday night.

According to news reports, Democrats have been pushing to help Puerto Rico cover a Medicaid shortfall. The U.S. territory is currently facing a multi-billion dollar debt crisis.

House Republicans Wednesday night released a one-week stopgap spending bill that would give lawmakers another week to hash out a budget deal and avoid a shutdown.

