Remember, he's been in Congress for 44 years and every year until now he has said, and he even said this year as recently as March, that Shutting the government down would cause great pain to the American people. and it could never be done, should never be done. Well, he changed his tune because he's trying to appeal to that radical leftist base in the party because he's … (01:10–01:13)
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