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Karoline Leavitt: “Democrats started this shutdown with a demand to force…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 28:20

And it feels like Groundhog Day being up here again talking about this Democrat shutdown. And the answer to that question is is pure partisan politics. They Democrats started this shutdown with a demand to force taxpayer funded health care benefits to illegal aliens. who broke into our country even after it was clear President Trump and Republicans would never force American taxpayers to pay for free health care for illegals. (28:20–28:38)

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Asserts that Democrats demanded taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens, causing the shutdown.

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