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Ted Cruz: “The second longest government shutdown in history was the…”

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Trump Calls for the House to RELEASE the Epstein files, plus Republicans WON the Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 21:06

His left wing wants to take him out and fire him, end his job. By the way, The second longest government shutdown in history was the first Schumer shutdown under the first Trump term. So Chuck Schumer has spots one and two in the record books. But even though Chuck Schumer threw this temper tantrum, shut the government down, didn't pay, federal government employees, inflicted enormous pain on the American people. (21:06–21:13)

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Asserts that the first Schumer shutdown during Trump's term was the second longest in history.

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