And you say that Democrats need to talk to the president. Why do you think that there's a gap between how you both see the path out of the shutdown? Well, Republicans in the House and the Senate from the very beginning of the Trump presidency haven't functioned like they are a separate and co-equal branch of government. What we've seen from Republicans in the House and the Senate is that they behave like a wholly owned subsidiary of Donald Trump and the Trump cartel. That's how they behave. (08:12–08:22)
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Asserts that Republicans have not acted as a separate and co-equal branch of government during Trump's presidency.
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