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Ron Johnson: “Democrats shut down the government for 42 days to shut down…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Can the GOP avoid a shutdown? New Senate Budget Chair Ron Johnson on the fight ahead

Published | Video Starts at 07:26

You, you, you seem to think this is going to happen before the August recess. I think we have to. Again, I think Democrats have shown us they don't want to cooperate in governing. They Democrats shut down the government for 42 days to shut down DHS. They refused to fund CBP and ICE. They, for the first time in history, voted against proceeding to the National Defense Authorization Act. They completely sabotaged the appropriation process. (07:26–07:29)

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Asserts that Democrats shut down the government for 42 days to shut down the Department of Homeland Security.

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