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Sean Duffy: “Those are the very people Democrats have refused to pay.”

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

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Sean Duffy Holds Press Briefing As Shutdown Ties Record, Continues To Disrupt Air Travel

Published | Video Starts at 24:04

Not because of that equipment, because the men and women who sit in those towers, tray cons and centers and keep our system safe, keep it efficient. And Those are the very people Democrats have refused to pay. I find it unacceptable. And Democrats should do their job, fund the government, open it up, and let's get back to work. Thank you, guys. (24:04–24:08)

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Asserts that Democrats have refused to pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown.

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