John Cornyn: “212 Democrats voted against the continuing resolution…”

“I was surprised to see only one Democrat in the House, Jared Goldin from Maine, saw the light that a shutdown is a bad choice. But nevertheless, 212 Democrats voted against the continuing resolution, effectively voting to shut down the government. It remains to be seen whether our colleagues here in the Senate or Senate Democrats will vote for a Schumer shutdown or not. The cognitive dissonance, though, is striking and I think worth commenting on.” (00:26–00:34)

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