The whole thing was foolish and utterly pointless. As you know, Maria, they got nothing out of that political stunt other than imposing all that pain on the people. You had millions of American families go hungry literally through the 43 days of this nightmare. You had, you know, travelers stranded in airports. All those flights were canceled and delayed. People had their, their lives disrupted. And you had troops and federal employees wondering where their next paycheck was going to come from. (00:54–01:00)
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