In simple terms....he was ‘dead’ either way? He’d be dead with the government working, or dead via the shutdown. It’s just that the general public didn’t know he was dead.
You know, I feel like I’m living in some Twilight Zone episode, where everyone is in some nuthouse and I’m the only sane guy.
No, there’s at least two of us that are sane. Well in my own estimation. Mrs rktman may disagree.