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Harriet Hageman: “I think a lot of this was about blocking the Trump and…”

Featuring: Harriet Hageman, Republican | U.S. House Wyoming At-Large Congressional District

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Cowboy State Politics | Congresswoman Hageman Discusses Why Democrats Shut Down the Government

Published | Video Starts at 01:24

… I actually think was the primary purpose of this, of this shutdown anyway, David, that they can whine and they can try to pretend that it was about something else. I think a lot of this was about blocking the Trump and Republican agenda and they did it for two months. Oh, I don't think there's any doubt about that. I mean, at last we spoke, you had mentioned that really anything that has Trump's name attached to it, the Democrats are just going to obstruct. (01:24–01:31)

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Asserts that the lack of voting was intended to block the Trump and Republican agenda.

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