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Ted Cruz: “If the Democrats want to be full obstructionist, they could…”

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

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Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How.

Published | Video Starts at 08:05

And they're thinking, all right, well, if I'm flying out Monday or Monday afternoon or Tuesday, there should be no problems at the, at the airport. That's also not true. I want to be very clear about that. Look, If the Democrats want to be full obstructionist, they could delay opening the government as late as Friday of this week. Really? There are a series of votes. We have to take it under the Senate rules. They can delay thing. They have a right to an intervening day between one vote and another. (08:05–08:14)

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