John Thune: “All 13 times there were Republicans who delivered the votes…”

“I mean, it's going to be a very straight it's really a straightforward choice and it's the same choice that Democrats have been that we were faced with when they had the majority and Biden was in the White House on 13 different occasions. All 13 times there were Republicans who delivered the votes to keep the government funded. We didn't take it hostage or hijack it to try and do some colossal list of liberal, you know, wish list type priorities and policies that added up, as Senator Barrasso said, to about a trillion dollars.” (07:00–07:05)

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