First, we have to finish a full year of government funding. Democrats have prevented us from passing normal appropriations bills, which have caused us to lurch from potential shutdown to shutdown. And indeed, They ultimately pulled that trigger to the detriment of the American people and shut down the government for a historically long period of time. And for what effect? Well, a lot of people got hurt. A lot of people got inconvenienced. Many people didn't get paid. And what did the Democrats get? (02:05–02:16)
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Asserts that Democrats caused a historically long government shutdown.
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