Pat Kreitlow: “Donald Trump and Republicans see themselves in such a true…”

“And that is what this is all about. This is about maximum pain to win a political battle. Donald Trump and Republicans see themselves in such a true win, win for this. Because either if they get their way, if Democrats eventually cave on this and say, you know what, you're right, we need to restore everything in the government because too many people are getting hurt, too many people are missing paychecks.” (04:10–04:17)

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