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Karoline Leavitt: “The Republican CR was a clean CR that would keep the…”

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Oct. 1, 2025

Published October 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 39:59

And we think it's despicable that that was one of the few first proposals that Democrats put in their funding proposal. And their cr, The Republican CR was a clean CR that would keep the government open. Democrats have voted for it 13 times in the past. The Democrats put this poison pill in there, this partisan pill. Why? Because they are beholden to the far left radicals in their party. (39:59–40:06)

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Asserts that the Republican continuing resolution was clean and previously supported by Democrats.

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