Nearly half of this fiscal year so far, the government's been shut down in whole or in part by Senate Democrats. And for what, Mr. President? For what? In October, Democrats shut down the entire federal government for a record breaking 43 days. because they couldn't bring themselves to accept a clean, non partisan funding extension. The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down now for an additional 41 days since mid February because Democrats couldn't take yes for an answer. (01:32–01:37)
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Asserts that Democrats shut down the federal government for 43 days in October.
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