Tom Emmer: “Democrats have decided they'd rather hold the American…”

“Six times that they voted against supporting federal workers, air traffic controllers, border patrol agents, and the list goes on and on. And why? Because Democrats have decided they'd rather hold the American people hostage than pass the same nonpartisan clean CR that they supported just six months ago and that they passed 13 times under the Biden administration. Tina Smith claims she shut the government down so that she can, quote, protect Minnesotans health care, unquote.” (15:17–15:32)

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