John Thune: “Democrats have spent a month, a month now playing with…”

“Not to mention insuring salaries for the people who inspect our food and support our farmers. I'm happy to bring that up right now, Mr. President. Democrats have spent a month, a month now playing with people's livelihoods because the far left wing of their party won't let them accept a clean, non partisan cr. Enough is enough. We're not giving Democrats political coverage. If they want to prevent damage from their shutdown, then they can end their shutdown.” (19:11–19:25)

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