Tammy Baldwin: “Donald Trump illegally cut off food for nearly 42 million…”

“Instead, he is holding hungry Americans hostage and using families as political pawns. Instead of sitting down with Democrats to find a compromise to get out of this shutdown and lower cost for working families, Donald Trump illegally cut off food for nearly 42 million Americans. President Trump made a choice not to feed hungry families. That's right, a choice. And we learned that choice was illegal.” (01:47–01:57)

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