I would say it depends on who we’re talking about.

The Democrats are causing the loss of a lot of jobs with their shutdown. It’s their shutdown, not our shutdown. It’s their shutdown.

We want the same thing that a majority, an overwhelming majority, of Americans want, which is to end this shutdown and halt the health care crisis that will send premiums spiking for tens of millions of people.

All I can tell you is the American people feel very deeply about solving this health care crisis.

We have an Insurrection Act for a reason.

The whole problem with all of this is Obamacare.

For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people.

Deranged Jack Smith got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. A real sleazebag!!!

We really need more of a commitment than that.

Every poll we have seen shows [the American people] want us to do it.

We’ll see what happens by the end of the week. But they’re going very well.

There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.

I think it’s a horrible message to send to people who are basically hostages right now to the Democrats shutting down the government, not agreeing to a clean [continuing resolution],

Portland is on fire. Portland’s been on fire for years.

First and foremost, before we can talk about anything, they need to reopen the government.

After five failed votes, it should be clear to Republicans that we cannot go forward unless they sit down and seriously negotiate with Democrats to address the health care crisis. It’s that simple.

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