In fact, we would have loved to have the Democrats helping us, but they didn't. They talk about doing something, they don't actually do the hard work of making it happen. We what they have done instead is to shut down the government because we won't give billions of dollars to health care funding for illegal aliens. That is what has actually happened to the American people who are watching. The reason your government is shut down at this very minute is because despite the fact that … (05:03–05:11)
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Asserts that the government shutdown is due to not providing healthcare funding for illegal aliens.
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