It wasn't just predictable, it was predicted. And I stood on the Senate floor and predicted it 13 years ago. You know, it's interesting if you look at the takeaway here, It took 40 days, longest shutdown in government history. And it seems that Democrats are just saying we'll kick the can down the road a couple months. We may have another government shutdown. We're going to keep holding the American people hostage. (39:55–40:00)
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Asserts that the government shutdown lasted 40 days, marking it as the longest in history.
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