Sean Hannity: “$1.5 trillion to open the government for a mere seven weeks.”

“And it turns out when you throw political temper tantrums, the voters don't like it. And I think that explains the plummeting numbers you put up there. $1.5 trillion to open the government for a mere seven weeks. Monies for illegal immigrant health care, monies for NPR and pbs. Monies for all the other crazy things that I mentioned abroad. That's the Hill they want to die on.” (02:52–02:59)

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