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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans have shut the government down.”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Published | Video Starts at 07:29

That explains in part why, why Republicans have been on vacation for the last several weeks. Literally, we have not been … Republicans have shut the government down. … their effort to simply reward their billionaire donors. Again, there was so much news happened today. (07:29–07:39)

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Asserts that Republicans are responsible for the government shutdown.

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