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Markwayne Mullin: “97% of the government be open.”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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SEN MULLIN: 'President Trump is not weak about this.' | Brian Kilmeade Show

Published | Video Starts at 13:41

And so she was, she was very open about that. But to hurt our economy, we don't want to do it. We want to avoid any type of shutdown at all. But 97% of the government be open. We'll be able to reappropriate funds if we had to for emergency purpose because the President's authority increases during the shutdown and in the country wouldn't even know we were in a shutdown. (13:41–13:43)

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