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John Thune: “The Democrats shut down funding for the entire Department of…”

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

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But the other agencies that are covered by dhs, whether that's TSA or Coast Guard or CISA or fema, those are all agencies that currently aren't funded. So we had to get funding to open those up because The Democrats shut down funding for the entire Department of Homeland Security because they didn't want to fund law enforcement. They now own the moniker. They are the party of open borders, Anti law enforcement, defund the police. (01:03–01:11)

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Asserts that Democrats are responsible for shutting down funding for the Department of Homeland Security due to opposition to funding law enforcement.

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