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J. D. Vance: “Democrats said to shut down the government is an act of…”

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

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Vice President JD Vance Joins Breitbart's Matthew Boyle for a Fireside Chat

Published | Video Starts at 05:11

And look, the Democrats, our attitud was why Are the Democrats doing this? They're the party of government. Why are they shutting down the government for 10 years? They Democrats said to shut down the government is an act of economic terrorism on the United States. And it's sort of a question that answers itself because I think that they were so worried about what the Trump administration is doing that they were willing to blow … (05:11–05:17)

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Asserts that Democrats previously described government shutdowns as economic terrorism.

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