Everybody should think long and hard about who here is acting truthfully, honestly and in good faith. It is not the Democrat Party that has obfuscated and blatantly lied for the last four years about all these things. It is not the Democrats who shut down the government for their own selfish political purposes. It is not the Democrats who blocked the passage of this discharge a week ago because they wanted to have a political moment. It is the Republicans who are acting in good faith. (17:48–17:53)
CLAIM
Asserts that Democrats did not shut down the government for political purposes.
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