Hakeem Jeffries: “We're in the midst of a Trump caused government shutdown.”

“Tish James is a strong, brilliant, courageous, faithful and patriotic woman and a great attorney general. And it's a shame that she's being victimized in this way by Donald Trump and his corrupt Department of Justice. We're in the midst of a Trump caused government shutdown. The military is on the verge of not being paid, notwithstanding the fact that our men and women in uniform continue to put their lives on the line.” (00:30–00:36)

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