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Chuck Schumer: “One Republican senator... said that they expected to close…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Chuck Schumer on Government Shutdown and Antisemitism

Published | Video Starts at 02:05

And wait, one more thing that's worse. There's no exit ramp. In other words, how do you get out of the shutdown solely up to the executive branch? And One Republican senator... said that they expected to close it down for six months, nine months, till the whole federal government was obliterated. Musk's dream. Musk's dream to get $2 trillion out of the federal government could happen under a shutdown. (02:05–02:19)

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Asserts that a Republican senator suggested a prolonged shutdown to dismantle the federal government.

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