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 Democrats went all in and shut down the government for 43 days and hurt hundreds of millions of people. in the process. So to me, the Democrats lost the shutdown, but the American people and the people of Wisconsin lost the shutdown because of the Democrats intransigence. (05:56–06:05)
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Asserts that Democrats were responsible for the 43-day shutdown and its impact.
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