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Elizabeth Warren: “Well, that's what he's done and we are now sitting here in the longest shutdown in American history.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2019
Well, that's what he's done and we are now sitting here in the longest shutdown in American history.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren points out that Trump's actions have led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

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