Trump budget director says Obama 'weaponized' shutdown and this time will be different (2018)

You know why National Parks are being kept open in the shutdown as trash builds and visitors vandalize national resources due to the lack of oversight? Because Mick Mulvaney claimed that shutting down National Parks under President Obama was weaponizing the shut down.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369732-trump-budget-director-says-obama-weaponized-shutdown-and-this-time

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said Friday that if the government shuts down, it won’t be as bad as 2013 because the Obama administration did things to make that shutdown worse.

Mulvaney said “the Obama administration weaponized the shutdown in 2013” for political purposes by closing popular attractions like national parks. He claimed the Trump administration isn’t planning to do the same.

“We're going to manage the shutdown differently. We're not going to weaponize it," the budget director told reporters at the White House. "We’re not going to try and hurt people, especially people who work for the federal government."

Despite his pledge, Mulvaney struggled to name ways the shutdown would be different than 2013 — other than keeping parks open.