It had real negative effects on, on millions of ordinary Americans. And all of that was inflicted to score political points for the Democrats with a handful of really, the crazies. You know what's amazing? After 43 days, after the longest government shutdown in history, virtually every Democrat still voted against reopening the government. So in the Senate, the vote was 60 to 40. Only eight Democrats voted to reopen the government. 39 Democrats, 39 Democrats voted to keep the government closed. (06:16–06:26)
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Asserts that nearly all Democrats voted against reopening the government after the shutdown.
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