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J. D. Vance: “Congressional Democrats seem to want to keep the government…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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VP Vance delivers remarks at Marines 250th anniversary

Published | Video Starts at 04:07

Now, I know we're here to talk about the Marine Corps, but I gotta get just a little political because Congressional Democrats seem to want to keep the government shut down, even though it would mean that a lot of you would not get your paycheck. But as I told the President just a couple of days ago, I said, sir, we have got to figure out how to pay these Marines, both for their sake, … (04:07–04:15)

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Asserts that congressional Democrats want to keep the government shut down, affecting Marine pay.

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