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John Thune: “In the 35 days of this shutdown, from day one, the White…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio

Published | Video Starts at 10:54

We're going to find out real soon when Tom Holman came up here. And by the way, Brian, that request for that meeting has been out there literally for weeks. I mean, In the 35 days of this shutdown, from day one, the White House has indicated a willingness to sit down with Democrat leadership and try and resolve this. and get the government and all these agencies and really important functions of our government operating again. And the Democrats have resisted. (10:54–11:03)

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Asserts that the White House has been willing to negotiate with Democratic leadership during the government shutdown.

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