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President Donald Trump speaks to media before departing the White House en route to the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas, on Jan. 10, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Democrat leaders refused to participate in a working lunch with President Donald Trump on Jan. 15, instead boycotting the meeting amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.
Democrats summarily rejected invitations for the lunch, the White House said.
