Ted Cruz: “Chuck Schumer is shutting down the federal government to…”

“Fund the entirety of the federal government, but not fund Obamacare. So not fund the law that was causing damage to American citizens. And I said, here what's happening is Chuck Schumer is shutting down the federal government to help millions of illegal aliens and give them free health care. illegal aliens and give them free health care. And he's willing to shut down your federal government to give free health care to illegals. And that fundamentally there's a hypocrisy to it.” (29:16–29:32)

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