If this is brought up after the shutdown, what is the main reason why Democrats are against it? Is it just pure leverage at this point? Yes. No. They want to inflict maximum pain. They Democrats want the shutdown to be painful for the American people. And it's. So they don't want. They were furious when Trump paid the military and he had enough funds from the one big beautiful bill that he could shift money around and pay the military. (08:26–08:31)
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Asserts that Democrats intentionally want the government shutdown to cause pain to the public.
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