We're ready to reopen it. And, and the Democrats came in almost party line. All but a couple of Democrats voted no, no, no, keep the government down. And by the way, Schumer recently said it was, quote, better for Democrats to extend the government shutdown. Now I gotta say that's a cynical statement. They're counting on the media to be dishonest about what's going on. But listen, the end of this is, it's going to end in the same place. (05:13–05:21)
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Asserts that Schumer stated it is better for Democrats to extend the shutdown.
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