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Sean Duffy: “Back when the shutdown happened under Barack Obama, he made…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Published | Video Starts at 10:51

We don't even Donald Trump saying let's pay troops. How could we pay air traffic controllers? What could we do to minimize the pain? Remember Back when the shutdown happened under Barack Obama, he made it painful, as painful as possible. Put barriers around our open air museums and monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. so people who came to see those memorials or monuments, they couldn't go in because of the shutdown. (10:51–10:57)

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Asserts that during a previous shutdown under Obama, efforts were made to maximize public discomfort.

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