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Mike Kennedy: “The Republicans have failed to keep the government shut down…”

Featuring: Mike Kennedy, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 3rd Congressional District

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Utah Rep. Mike Kennedy speaking to media about government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 23:37

… and also we know the New York City mayor is going to be elected as well tomorrow, that maybe after that there will be some movement on this issue. But The Republicans have failed to keep the government shut down in the past forever, which is appropriate. The government needs to work. In this case, the Democrats will fail as well. The government will reopen. And my expectation, I said naively, maybe four weeks ago, I think it will be three to five days, seven days. (23:37–23:44)

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Asserts that Republicans have historically failed to keep the government shut down.

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