They're so afraid of the far left base, Sandra. And it wasn't us that broke it up. The Democrats did. We negotiated. We had a six bill package. The Democrats were not going to vote for any of this in the Senate unless we split off the DHS bill. That wasn't John Thune, that wasn't the White House, that was the Senate Democrats. And they are so scared of their Democrat base right now that they can't do anything around here. (02:00–02:06)
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Asserts that Senate Democrats demanded the DHS bill be separated from other appropriations.
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