And it should not be forgotten that Democrats shut down this, the third largest department of the federal government, with all of its 10 agencies charged with keeping everybody safe. And they did that for political purposes. They've kept it shut down for over two months now. We're on day 65. It's the longest in history because they'd rather reopen the border than pay our hardworking men and women of our law enforcement. They would rather defund the police than pay our TSA workers at the airport. (19:25–19:28)
CLAIM
Asserts that the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has lasted over 65 days.
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