I'm grateful for a commander in chief who understands the priorities of the country, the necessity of national defense and the urgency that we all feel and have voted for eight times. Republicans have voted in Congress eight times now between House and Senate to fund the troops and pay federal workers. in all these essential jobs and agencies because we understand the necessity of that. Meanwhile, the Democrats voted eight times to block their paychecks I'm grateful we have a president who is willing to step up and do the right thing. (37:55–38:02)
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