John Thune: “This is a Schumer shutdown. He's under political pressure at…”

“All we have to do is get five more Democrats to vote yes, the government opens up, and then we can start talking about all these other things they want to have conversations about. And, you know, This is a Schumer shutdown. He's under political pressure at home. We all know that. Everybody knows that. But his rank and file members shouldn't follow his lead on this.” (02:15–06:46)

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