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Ted Cruz: “The last shutdown, the Schumer shutdown that we saw last…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:23

They're not paying the Coast Guard. This is what the Democrats are doing. And by the way, tsa, if you're getting on an airplane, people are already experiencing delays. They're feeling the pain. The last shutdown, the Schumer shutdown that we saw last year, right before the election, was the longest shutdown in American history. It was 43 days. Here's what one Democrat staffer told a reporter. He said, we will keep this shutdown, quote, until planes start falling from the sky. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. (10:23–10:33)

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