By his own admission, he is apparently a reckless idiot because that's what he said in his own quotes there. It's stunning to me. For four decades he [Chuck Schumer] has railed against closing down the government because he said it would be so dangerous and harmful to the people. He was right then. He's just changed his tune. He gave those speeches as recently as March of this year, Sean, when he voted for the exact same measure that we just put on the floor. (05:16–05:24)
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Asserts that Chuck Schumer has historically opposed government shutdowns due to their harmful effects.
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