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Sean Duffy: “Democrats refuse to pay [air traffic controllers].”

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

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Duffy issues BOLD warning on shutdown amid air travel concerns: 'Only going to get worse'

Published | Video Starts at 00:36

That trend line is getting worse. Right? More controllers aren't coming to work day by day. The further they go without a paycheck because Democrats refuse to pay [air traffic controllers]. them. And so as I look two weeks out, as we get closer to Thanksgiving travel, listen, I think what's going to happen is you're going to have air travel slow to a trickle as everyone wants to travel to see their families. (00:36–00:38)

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Asserts that Democrats are refusing to pay air traffic controllers.

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