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Markwayne Mullin: “We had 13 Democrats that had agreed to reopen the…”

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

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SEN. MULLIN: 'There's no way I would ever ask the President to do that.' | Kudlow

Published | Video Starts at 00:33

The military is in combat in Harb's way, they ain't getting paid. You got to do something. This cannot keep going on, sir. Well, Larry, we had a deal. We had 13 Democrats that had agreed to reopen the government. They wanted to get past Tuesday's election because they wanted to make sure their voters showed up. So they didn't want it to look like they caved last week. (00:33–00:37)

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