You know, we have something in common there. When you start talking, when you start talking about what the Democrats are doing, this was never about policy. This was about Republican policy versus the Democrats shut it down because the Democrats base demanded them to do that. They've been chanting that all year long. Shut it down. Shut it down. Once they shut it down, they knew they were in a mess because they entered a fight that they had no end for victory. (00:53–00:59)
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