And as I mentioned earlier, the best and most important solution to this is making sure that we reopen the government, not accept the inevitability of this and come to a resolution as quickly as possible. Extending this shutdown would be a choice. Mike Johnson saying, we want to make this the longest shutdown. Saying this to prepare for this being the longest shutdown. That's not leadership. That is abdication of responsibility. It's an abdication to families like his and a complete abdication of the responsibility that we have to people. Now. (19:53–20:04)
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Asserts that [Mike Johnson] has expressed a desire to make the current government shutdown the longest in history.
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