Well, listen, part of the reason is Congress has already passed a significant chunk of the funding for the federal government. So it's a much smaller government shutdown than happened previously. Last year, Chuck Schumer and the Democrats fought, forced the longest government shutdown in US history, 43 days. They did so really to throw a temper tantrum. They did so to show their left wing base how much they hate Donald Trump. They did so to show they are fighting. (05:02–05:11)
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