Washington, Oct. 1 -- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday (local time) alleged that Democrats in Congress have "officially shut down" the United States government.

"Democrats in Congress have officially shut down the United States government. House Republicans passed a nonpartisan, clean piece of legislation to extend current government funding until November 21st, but nearly every single Democrat senator voted against this bill. This was the exact same bill that Democrats approved six months ago in March, just adjusted for inflation," Leavitt told reporters at the White House.

"This is the same kind of clean funding bill that Democrats passed 13 separate times when they held the majority during Joe Biden's adminis...