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Ben Ferguson: “You took countless dollars out of our economy.”

Featuring: Ben Ferguson, Conservative | Talk Show Host | National

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Published | Video Starts at 05:39

Many of them going to things that are hard, like funerals or sick family members. Not everything's a vacation when you're at the airport. You took countless dollars out of our economy. Small businesses that were hurt. There's a long list of people that were hurt during this, and this was all just for one reason. (05:39–05:42)

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Claims that the government shutdown resulted in significant economic losses.

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