Trump said the Democrats inflicted massive harm in keeping the government closed since October 1st. There's data that clearly backs that up as well. And the president talking about what the Democrats actually did, They caused harm. And that harm included so many people that couldn't get around the country to see family members who were sick, those who were dying, those who had died. This was real and it was personal. And that's part of the reason why the President said it the way he did. The Democrats shut down has inflicted massive harm. (19:54–20:08)
CLAIM
Asserts that the government shutdown prevented people from traveling to see sick or dying family members.
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