This President is disturbing enough that the Democrat Party was willing to shut down the government for 43 days, by far the longest government shutdown in history. But what is even more disturbing is the fact that A number of Democrats were prepared to let this shutdown continue even longer. Even as lines stretched around the block at food banks and air travel grew ever more precarious, progressive Democrats pushed to embrace the shutdown forever. (02:17–02:24)
CLAIM
Asserts that some Democrats were willing to extend the shutdown beyond 43 days.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.