The Democrats voted 13 times during the Biden administration to do exactly what the Republicans wanted to do last night, which was to keep the government open, and they refused to do it last night. And what we saw in the last week is Democrats admitted that they were using the shutdown as political leverage. And so I think it just kind of wore out. And Republicans have said multiple times that the Democrats were holding the party hostage, holding the government hostage with this shutdown. (01:20–01:28)
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Claims that Democrats acknowledged using the shutdown for political gain.
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