James Lankford: “We kept the government open, we kept negotiating, but hold…”

“Let's get the government open. Let's do the exact same thing we did when President Biden was president all 13 times we got to a moment even close to this. We kept the government open, we kept negotiating, but hold federal workers and SNAP beneficiaries harmless while we negotiated things. Democratic Senator John Fetterman said on Tuesday that he would support Republicans using the so called nuclear option to override the Senate filibuster to reopen the government.” (00:52–01:01)

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