Several months ago, when the last government funding expired, Schumer and the Democrats worked with Republicans to keep the government open, and the left wing of the Democrat base went nuts. They got furious with Chuck Schumer is in trouble... Schumer is looking over his left shoulder at [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]. aoc. He is worried about being primaried from the left. And so this shutdown, I believe, is all about Chuck Schumer proving to the crazies on the left that he … (02:35–02:57)
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Asserts that Chuck Schumer is concerned about being challenged from the left by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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