Karoline Leavitt: “If the Democrats did not vote to shut down the government…”

“Are they not permanent if the government specifically if it reopens pretty quickly? Well, sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do, and it's because the Democrats have put us into this position. If the Democrats did not vote to shut down the government, we would not be standing up here talking about layoffs today. We'd be talking about all the other news stories going on in the world in our country. We'd be talking about all of the great things that this administration is doing to uplift Americans across the country.” (37:08–37:14)

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