these are real american lives at stake, many of whom call colorado home. the #schumershutdown rests on the shoulders of @senatedems and @senschumer. they made the choice to put party politics over the good of the country.  qt @vp honored to see troops based out of peterson air force base in colorado while refueling in ireland. they are headed to kuwait for a six month deployment. it’s disappointing to every american that democrats in the senate would shutdown the gov't when we have troops in harms way.