Everybody needs to understand how this works. When Congress decides to turn off the lights to shut the government down, it shifts the authority to the executive branch. That's how the process works. The person who has decided to put the White House in that situation is Chuck Schumer, who leads the Democrats. The 44 who keep voting to keep the government from opening up, they're voting to shut it down. So what happens in that situation? (26:39–26:46)
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Asserts that Chuck Schumer is responsible for the situation leading to a government shutdown.
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