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Mike Lawler: “This is the Schumer shutdown [and] is entirely based on…”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

Congressman Mike Lawler on What it will Take to Re-Open the Government | The Brief | PragerU

Published October 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:03

So why is it, in the most rudimentary way I can articulate, that the government is shut down? And what is it we need to do to reopen the government? Well, This is the Schumer shutdown [and] is entirely based on Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries being petrified of their far left base. and wanting to show them that they are fighting back against President Trump. There is absolutely zero reason to shut down the government, especially when a clean CR had passed the House. (01:03–01:14)

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Asserts that the government shutdown is due to Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries' fear of their far-left base.

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