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Mark Kelly: “Mike Johnson doesn't want the 218th vote on releasing the…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Democratic Senator Mark Kelly says President Trump is refusing to help end shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 07:00

The Republican House members from Arizona, they've been home on vacation. I don't know what they've been up to. I've been here trying to negotiate the fix to this and getting the government reopened. Hey, Mike Johnson doesn't want the 218th vote on releasing the Epstein files. And Adelita would be that vote. This is going to happen. You know, he should just like, rip the band aid off on this thing and get it over with … (07:00–07:06)

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Asserts that [Mike Johnson] is preventing a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

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