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Ted Cruz: “I think this shutdown will extend. I think it'll be weeks.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 19:56

And people are going to say that seems insane. Why wouldn't we fix that? To make sure when we have these shenanigans happen that that's not affected. And I think this shutdown will extend. I think it'll be weeks. I think it will be. Schumer is trying to protect his own rear end. And everything else is secondary to protecting his own political life. So I think we will see an extended shutdown. (19:56–20:02)

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Predicts that the government shutdown will last for several weeks.

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