You have the mayor's race that everybody's talking about. The Democrats that I spoke with have been very clear that they want to open it back up. Schumer was afraid that they open it back up, that they would lose momentum in those races. that their voters would stay home, and they didn't think the optics were good for them to open it back up until after the election. (00:24–00:32)
CLAIM
Asserts that Schumer delayed reopening the government to avoid losing election momentum.
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