Democrats are intentionally hurting people during the shutdown to blame Republicans

I'll go over some of Pros points here. 1. Barricading the WWII Memorial in Washington DC. My opponent claims that the barricading of the memorial is an effort of democrats to make the republicans look bad. While ignoring the fact that millions of people who were planning to visit parks and federal monuments cannot due to the shutdown, my opponent also doesn't look at the situation in a logical manner. If the Democrat administration is shutting down this memorial, which you claim is irregular, why would republicans receive blame for it? In fact I have seen multiple conservative groups using this event to their advantage to criticize the democrats. The point is that democrats would not be the ones to benefit from this. 2. Politicization of cancer researchThis is especially interesting as I haven't heard much on this subject as of now. It does however seem to me that anyone who would hear about this would look on it in a negative view towards democrats. Beside that, all departments or institutions considered non-essential will not be funded during the shutdown. This shut down is due to an inability to agree on a government funding bill. I'm sure funding for the NIH is a part of the bill, but because it is non-essential it should not receive funding until there are funds that can be appropriated to it.3. Refusal to negotiateThis one is especially bothersome to me. Why is it that this shutdown has occurred? It has happened because of disagreement. Disagreement on both sides and an inability to compromise. What my opponent is missing is that this is coming from both sides. The democrats have been voted into office to represent their constituents who feel they should defend the ACA. The republicans aim to please their constituents by fighting against the ACA. The democrats had no problem with the GOP's government funding plan. But did anyone really believe they could slip defending ACA by? This shutdown is completely because of a disagreement over the funding/defunding of ACA. The republicans are the ones who decided they would try to fight this battle now and what you get is a stalemate. I really don't see how this isn't expected. If the democrats offer an amendment to the bill that reverses the ACA defunding, that would be a negotiation, and when the republicans say no to it that would be refusal to negotiate. The way Pro uses this argument is essentially saying that refusal to negotiate is only coming from one side. This of course is ridiculous as we know that it takes two to negotiate. In closing for this round Ill say that this shutdown is not some elaborate scheme by democrats to hurt the GOP's image. It is just business as usual in Washington. Disagreement over how much money to spend and where. Republican criticism of democrats. . https://www.facebook.com...? fbid=10151714972872971&set=a.189889147970.127018.189885532970&type=1&theater. http://www.ijreview.com... . http://www.ijreview.com...http://www.ijreview.com...https://www.facebook.com...? fbid=10151712296812971&set=a.189889147970.127018.189885532970&type=1&theater s://scontent-a-lga. xx. fbcdn. net. .. ; alt="Photo: SIGN our petition and STAND with us in telling the Senate Dems to END their shutdown! . http://bit.ly...; width="403" height="403" /> . https://www.facebook.com...Democrats criticism of republicans. . https://www.facebook.com...? fbid=10151672170081545&set=a.131018881544.111603.23790541544&type=1&theater. https://www.facebook.com... . https://www.facebook.com...Both parties believe they are correct in where they stand. This brings us back to the whole thing about disagreement.