Did the White House Change Outgoing Message on Comment Line to Blame Democrats?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

Yes....

The Republican-controlled White House went so far as to change the outgoing message on the telephone comment line to an unprecedented message blaming Democrats:

Thank you for calling the White House. Unfortunately, we cannot answer your call today, because Congressional Democrats are holding government funding, including funding for our troops and other national security priorities, hostage to an unrelated immigration debate. Due to this obstruction, the government is shut down. In the meantime, you can leave a comment for the president at www.whitehouse.gov/contact. We look forward to taking your calls as soon as the government reopens.

The existence of the message was confirmed by various reporters:

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.snopes.com%2Fwhite-house-comment-line-trump%2F

https://www.snopes.com/white-house-comment-line-trump/

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Just a robot repeating a message.

Who would want to take the vast majority of calls?

[Cha]

2. Yes. Fucking Liars at the white house.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Childish, vicious, mendacious, partisan to the point of lunacy.

I can hardly wait until these parasites are gone.

[Angry Dragon]

4. House of WHINERS

[GReedDiamond]

5. Yes, it's now The Whine House...

...you are absolutely correct.

[Guilded Lilly]

6. There Is no low that the people of this administration wont sink to in their abject immaturity. n/t