Donald Trump and the Senate Republican leadership were unwilling to do anything to reduce skyrocketing health insurance premiums, a terrible problem facing some 24 million American families. The shutdown of the government stopped paychecks for thousands of federal workers, causing real hardship for their families. including our overworked and understaffed air traffic controllers and many other critical members of the federal workforce. (00:27–00:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that the government shutdown caused financial hardship for federal workers.
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