Whatever he was saying. And yeah, that played a role. But at the end of the day, We had Democrats on the Senate side that basically were saying, we can't support this because of various things that, frankly, I'm shocked that they would say we don't want to do this for schools. That's bad politics for Democrats in the Senate. And I, I was shocked at that. When you announced this on Monday, were you confident the votes were there to pass? (04:25–04:42)
CLAIM
Asserts that Senate Democrats opposed the deal despite its benefits for schools.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
