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Mike Rounds: “A Schumer shutdown, it will be a partisan Schumer shutdown.”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Published September 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:57

So do you agree with Senator Collins that federal employees should not be fired if there's a shutdown, if there is. A Schumer shutdown, it will be a partisan Schumer shutdown. Look, Republicans don't want any kind of a thing happening where we have to shut down government. (03:57–04:02)

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Asserts that a potential government shutdown would be due to Senator Schumer's actions.

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