The National Republican Senatorial Committee handed out "Schumer shutdown" T-shirts to top Democrats on Capitol Hill Tuesday as a token of remembrance "so they won’t forget what happens when they shut down the federal government for no reason."

The shirts read, "I shut down the government and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."

"The NRSC decided to get Senate Dems a little something to remember the Schumer Shutdown by so they won't walk away totally empty-handed," the NRSC said in a press release.



NRSC communications director Katie Martin shared photos on Twitter of committee members passing out shirts to Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Bill Nelson, D-Fla., Bob Casey, D-Pa., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and others.

"We can't forget the mastermind behind it all! You get a shirt too @chuckschumer! #SchumerShutdown," Martin tweeted.

We can't forget the mastermind behind it all! You get a shirt too @chuckschumer! #SchumerShutdown pic.twitter.com/Vys2gi5JGT — Katie Martin (@KtMartin17) January 23, 2018



The Senate voted 81-18 to reopen the government on Monday after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., persuaded Democrats to fund the government through Feb. 8 in exchange for assurances that there would be a separate vote on immigration.