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Kirsten Gillibrand: “What [Trump] has done is absolutely outrageous.”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published January 16, 2019 | Video Starts at 01:42

There are families all across America right now that are worried about not making their rent, not paying their mortgage, not having the money to heat their home or buy food for their kids or buy their prescription medicine. So What [Trump] has done is absolutely outrageous. And so what I would do differently is I would bring people together and talk about why I care and why the issue that I'm fighting for is so important. (01:42–05:17)

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Asserts that Trump's actions regarding the government shutdown are outrageous.

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