CNN political commentator Van Jones shared his ‘concern’ about Democrats amid the government shutdown on ‘Real Time’ Friday.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the government shutdown showing no signs of ending quickly, President Trump taking the opportunity to further dismantle the federal government and Pete Hegseth's vision for the U.

President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward the end of his first term after he forced a shutdown over border wall funding — but with Democrats embracing the shutdown fight this time,

Other Western democracies experience polarization and political turmoil, too, yet do not experience government shutdowns like the U.S.

The federal government is shut down, and Democrats and Republicans are in full finger-pointing mode. Republicans blame Democrats for voting against a budget measure that would fund the government for seven weeks.

Some federal workers received suggested templates of out-of-office emails saying they were furloughed because "Democrat Senators are blocking passage" of a funding bill.

Fewer say they frequently get news about science and technology (32%), business and finance (32%), sports (27%) and entertainment (19%).

The Nevada Democratic senator explained her vote for the temporary funding bill saying on social media: "President Trump and congressional Republicans are already hurting Nevadans who are dealing with high costs,