And sadly, the Democrats continued to say shut it down, shut it down, shut it down. Now, today, October 15th, the President is doing something that is really kind of wrecking the Democrats playbook, which is The president moved funds around within the Department of War and he said, we're going to pay our servicemen and women. We're going to send out their paychecks. I think Schumer and the Democrats were counting on these paychecks not going out. You have a number of Democrats expressing their dismay about it. (00:41–00:48)
CLAIM
Asserts that the President reallocated funds to ensure military personnel are paid during the shutdown.
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