The reason your government is shut down at this very minute is because despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Congressional Republicans and even a few moderate Democrats supported opening the government, The Chuck Schumer AOC wing of the Democratic Party shut down the government because they said to us, we will open the government, but only if you give billions of dollars of funding for healthcare for illegal aliens. That's a ridiculous proposition. Let me say two other quick things, and then again, I'll take Some questions. Number one, we all understand that Democrats and Republicans have policy disagreements. (05:24–05:36)
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Asserts that the government shutdown is due to demands for healthcare funding for illegal aliens by certain Democrats.
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