James Lankford: “Democrats are mad at the president again. And so that to…”

“Has this lapse made the country less safe? 100%. It's made the country less safe. And this has been a frustrating thing for me. Democrats are mad at the president again. And so that to stick the president, they're actually putting American national security at risk. This is the same thing that we face on them. Shutting down the Government over and over again. They don't want to pay federal workers because they're mad at President Trump.” (05:00–05:09)

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