The fact that they shut it all down today demonstrates what utter hypocrites they are. And I gotta say, as I was walking off the Senate floor, so I voted to fund the government this afternoon, the Democrats voted against [funding the government] and caused a shutdown. All the reporters were circling and their talking point that they really wanted to press is they said, okay, Cruz, in 2013, in the fight over Obamacare, you, Ted Cruz, forced a shutdown. (30:21–30:25)
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Asserts that Democrats voted against funding the government, causing a shutdown.
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