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John Neely Kennedy: “Some shutdowns are policy based. This is not one of them…”

Featuring: John Neely Kennedy, Republican | U.S. Senate from Louisiana

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Published | Video Starts at 04:52

And he's likely going to be out as leader of the Democrats anyway. But if she runs against him, she's going to clobber him in New York. Well, Some shutdowns are policy based. This is not one of them. This is based on politics. The loon wing, the Bolshevik wing, the Hamas wing, the socialist wing, whatever you want to call it, of the Republican Party is in ascendancy. They're now in charge, Chuck. (04:52–05:00)

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Asserts that the current government shutdown is politically motivated rather than policy-driven.

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