… floor to announce that their caucus will not support funding the government because as he put it, Republicans chose a partisan path. But here's what Senator Schumer is really saying. Democrats would rather shut down the government than pass the funding bill. Just to shift blame to Republicans for our current funding predicament. Democrats are going to shut down the government to protect the government. (16:26–16:32)
CLAIM
Asserts that Democrats prefer a government shutdown over passing the funding bill.
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