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Markwayne Mullin: “The president has been trying to negotiate, Aisha, with the…”

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SEN MULLIN: 'This was their plan.' | The Faulkner Focus

Published February 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:20

And so I believe we should have this worked out by then because the president will be done with the State of the Union and the Democrats aren't even trying to engage with us in this. And what I mean by this is The president has been trying to negotiate, Aisha, with the Democrats in good faith. We wanted a longer CR continuing resolution. When we extended it two weeks. The Democrats purposely put it at two weeks or when because we wanted to go four to six. (01:20–01:26)

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