Right-wing Republicans attempted to shift blame for the shutdown onto the White House during a protest Sunday at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Republican Senators Mike Lee and Ted Cruz joined former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a crowd of protesters pushed past barricades at the memorial, which has been closed under the government shutdown. Senators Lee and Cruz were among the Republicans who helped ensure the shutdown by refusing to fund the government unless the White House agreed to defund the Affordable Care Act.