These are federal employees, many of them. Watch carefully what happens here in the halls of Congress. They know that this whole thing by the Democrats, The entire shutdown is a charade because they know and anybody who pays attention knows we always were going to arm wrestle over the remaining issues on the table this year. And they're tired of the distraction and it's hurting their families. And people are suffering real hardships. They really are going to the food pantries out now to feed their families. (36:12–36:22)
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Asserts that the government shutdown is a charade and was expected due to unresolved issues.
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