But it is one of the few leveraged times we have. Republicans say this is an admission that Democrats are using the American people as political leverage during this shutdown. You want to respond, Donald Trump is the president. Republicans control the House and the Senate. They've made the decision to shut down the government. And they are the ones who consistently have taken adverse actions, made clear that they want to hurt the American people during this shutdown that they've created. (05:01–05:09)
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Asserts that Republicans, controlling the presidency, House, and Senate, decided to shut down the government.
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