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Cynthia Lummis: “Some [federal workers] probably agree that we should shut…”

Featuring: Cynthia Lummis, Republican | U.S. Senate Wyoming

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Published | Video Starts at 00:51

Some of them are Democrats, some are Republicans. It has nothing to do with any other essential or furloughed federal worker. Some of them are Democrats and Republicans. Some [federal workers] probably agree that we should shut down the government so insurance companies can make billions more dollars off the American taxpayers under Obamacare. Some of them are Republicans and think that we should open the government and work out this health care mess after we open the government. (00:51–01:18)

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Suggests that some federal workers believe the shutdown benefits insurance companies financially under Obamacare.

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