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Ted Cruz: “Shutdowns don't work. The government eventually reopens and…”

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Published September 29, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:15

Here's what Brian Schott said in in September of 2023. I've seen the same thing over and over again. Shutdowns don't work. The government eventually reopens and neither side has accomplished a single thing. No one wins, but Americans have a lot to lose. Senator Mark Warner, September of 2024. That's a year ago. (11:15–11:21)

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Asserts that government shutdowns are ineffective and do not achieve goals.

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“Kamala Harris, vice presidential nominee, has described ICE as, quote, the modern day Gestapo.”
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“J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, claimed the country is becoming, quote, Nazi Germany because ICE is, quote, grabbing people off the…”
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“This lunatic in Dallas used an app, the ICE Finder, to go find the facility, to get up on the roof with a bolt action rifle and fire…”
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“Law enforcement responded within minutes, came in and took out the shooter and no doubt saved a lot of lives.”
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“I believe it is highly likely that Chuck Schumer and the Democrats will force a shutdown this Sunday.”
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“On the Sunday shows, the Democrats were out in force, all blaming the impending shutdown on Donald Trump.”
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“If on midnight September 30, the Democrats block funding the government.”
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“The executive branch cannot spend money unless Congress has appropriated that money.”
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“The fiscal year of the federal government runs from October 1 to September 30.”
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“The House has passed a continuing resolution.”
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“In order for legislation to pass the Senate, it takes 60 votes.”
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“We have 53 Republicans, we need 60.”
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“Chuck Schumer agreed to keep the government open [several months ago].”
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“A government shutdown would have serious impacts. Service members won't get their paychecks.”
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“The military continues to serve and protect this nation [during a shutdown].”
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“Law enforcement continues to serve. Border Patrol continues to serve. FBI agents continue to serve. Anyone who is essential for the public…”
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“Typically at the end of the shutdown, the workers all come back and they're paid back pay.”
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“Russ Vogt, who is the head of [OMB], the Office of Management and Budget, put out a memo to federal agencies.”
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“You could see workers in the EPA being terminated, you can see workers in the Department of Labor being terminated. You could see workers in…”
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“In the first Trump administration, we had a lengthy Schumer shutdown.”
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“The federal government had funded the military, had passed funding for the military. And so our active duty military, soldiers, sailors…”
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“We had not funded the Coast Guard. And the Coast Guard is funded in a different title than, than the remainder of the military.”
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“Democrats stood up and objected and said, no, we will not pay the men and women of the Coast Guard.”
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“Democrats will probably object [to funding] the National Institutes for Health.”
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“Democrats feel there are no consequences to them when they embrace extreme positions.”
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“Gavin Newsom tweeted out in all caps, Stephen Miller is a fascist.”
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“Jasmine Crockett...compared ICE to, quote, slave patrols.”
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“I was just in Dallas at the ICE facility where another deranged shooter unloaded on an ICE facility.”
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“ICE is a terrorist organization. It needs to be defunded and needs to be abolished.”
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“Democrats, including Hakeem Jeffries, have called for unmasking [ICE agents], identifying them and going after them.”
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“Hakeem Jeffries stood at the podium and said, unmask these guys and go after them.”
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