But here's the very simple and important fact that no one should forget. We have no ability, Republicans do not have the ability to do this on our own. It's a simple math problem. We need Democrats to help. You need 60 votes in the Senate. We only have 53 Republicans. The Democrats are the ones voting repeatedly to shut down the government, but they're not opening it back up. They spent most of their time trying to distract the American people from the very simple truth. (01:54–02:02)
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Asserts that 60 votes are needed in the Senate to reopen the government, and Republicans have 53 votes.
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