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Brian Schatz: “We can open the government tomorrow morning if Donald John…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz To House Republicans On Third Week Of Vacation: Get Back To Work

Published | Video Starts at 02:53

And if we were a little bit more cynical, we would just let you stew in it. But we want those 24 million people, 22 million people, to have relief. And so we're simply saying We can open the government tomorrow morning if Donald John Trump realizes that he's hurting his own people. (02:53–03:02)

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Asserts that the government shutdown could end if President Trump acknowledges the harm to his supporters.

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