Number one, when he said, quote, today we're sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion, because that's what it is. They tried to extort the Democrats tried to extort our country. 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. (19:41–19:48)
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Asserts that Democrats caused significant harm by keeping the government closed since October 1st.
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