Mike Lawler: “What the Democrats are doing here is simply trying to hold…”

“I think there's an important reason for it. And I also think when you're in the minority, you want the protection of the filibusters so that you can build consensus. What the Democrats are doing here is simply trying to hold the American people hostage in exchange for 1.5 billion or trillion in new spending. And that is just unconscionable. It's not something that any of us are going to support or tolerate. And so we're at an impasse here.” (06:03–06:15)

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