Indeed, as we know from their own words, a lot of Democrats saw the pain of working people as leverage for Democrats in this shutdown, a useful tool to be deployed to advance the Democrats political goals. Mr. President, I am grateful that We finally got eight Democrats to join Republicans to reopen the government. to spare the American people from further pain. But the fact that in a month and a half into the shutdown 39 Democrats still voted to keep the government closed remains deeply disturbing. (03:44–03:50)
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