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A subsequent tweet read, \"This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present. #DemocratShutdown.\"

This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present. #DemocratShutdown

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2018
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PHOTO: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, center, speaks at a news conference, joined by, from left, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, and Rep. Joseph Crowley, on the first morning of a government shutdown, Jan. 20, 2018.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he thought negotiators were nearing a deal Friday when he met with Trump. Schumer said he \"reluctantly\" agreed to fund a border wall in exchange for protections for immigrants who came illegally to the U.S. as children and who risk losing protections from deportation without DACA.

“The only way out of this is for the president to take yes for an answer,\" Schumer said from the Senate floor Saturday. He accused Republicans of proposing inconsequential remedies that \"kicked the can down the road.\"

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PHOTO: The Library of Congress posted a sign letting people know that it is closed due the shut down of the government, Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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Democrats are accusing Republicans of ignoring the topic of immigration as well as other issues such as public health and veterans in proposed resolutions. Conservatives though portray the stalemate as a case of Democratic obstruction.

Blame game

At the Capitol on Saturday, Republican leaders including House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., focused their ire back on top officials across the aisle, particularly Schumer.

McCarthy said he believed there was bipartisan agreement to eventually negotiate on four key immigration issues, including protections for persons formally covered under DACA. He said the shutdown was a result of Democrats being \"irresponsible.\"

The White House said Saturday that Trump has been on the phone with McConnell and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis. but that the president \"will not negotiate on immigration reform until Democrats stop playing games and reopen the government.\" On Saturday callers to the White House public comment line were met with an away message blaming Democrats for \"holding funding hostage.\"

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PHOTO: Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, left, speaks as Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short, right, looks on during a press briefing at the White House on Jan. 20, 2018.
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Meanwhile, thousands of activists — many of them galvanized by Trump's election to office a year ago — gathered in cities across the nation for the second annual Women's March, which this year organizers are calling \"#PowerToThePolls.\"

The shutdown also comes exactly one year after Trump said in his inauguration speech: \"We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action, constantly complaining but never doing anything about it. The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action.\"

ABC News' Mary Bruce, Mariam Khan, John Parkinson and Jordyn Phelps contributed to this report.

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