John Thune: “Democrats may have chosen to shut down the government…”

“I hope it will be some comfort for Americans dealing with shuttered government services to know that MoveOn.org and other far left organizations are happy with this vote. Democrats may have chosen to shut down the government tonight, but we can reopen it tomorrow. All it takes is a handful of Democrats to join Republicans to pass the clean, non partisan funding bill that's in front of us.” (01:17–01:24)

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