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Tom Emmer: “Six times that Senate Democrats have voted against...paying…”

Featuring: Tom Emmer, Republican | Majority Whip, U.S. House, Minnesota's 6th District

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Speaker Johnson: "Welcome to day 9 of the democratic shutdown"

Published | Video Starts at 14:49

Yesterday, Senate Democrats, including the two senators from my home state of Minnesota, Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, voted for a sixth time, as the speaker mentioned, to shut the government down or keep it shut down. Six times. That's Six times that Senate Democrats have voted against...paying our troops. Six times that they voted against the 13,000 Minnesota National Guardsmen who are showing up to work without receiving a paycheck. (14:49–14:57)

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