Karoline Leavitt: “The Democrats dragged this reckless government shutdown on…”

“… was clear President Trump and Republicans would never force American taxpayers to pay for free health care for illegals. In fact, President Trump's one big beautiful bill fixed that problem. The Democrats dragged this reckless government shutdown on for weeks longer to boost their turnout in an election. Perhaps one may guess that's because the Democrats are totally captured by their far left wing base who only care about attacking President Trump even if it means hurting innocent Americans in our country.” (28:42–28:49)

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