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Brian Schimming: “Democrats definitely lost the shutdown.”

Featuring: Brian Schimming, Republican | State Party Chair, Republican Party of Wisconsin

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For the Record: Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming speaks on what Republicans gained from the

Published | Video Starts at 05:51

And I want to ask one last question, which I also asked the chair of the Democratic Party here in Wisconsin, which is who won this shutdown? I think the Republicans won the shutdown. The issue of the shutdown. The Democrats definitely lost the shutdown. There's no question about that in my mind. Look, they went all in and shut down the government for 43 days and hurt hundreds of millions of people in the process. (05:51–05:54)

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