Watson Coleman: “the Republicans just do not get it. They do not get it. They do not understand. Some of us served in the majority under…”

“the Republicans just do not get it. They do not get it. They do not understand. Some of us served in the majority under Republican Presidents and when a bill was vetoed because the President, by the way, has that authority in the Constitution of the United States, they are not the President, the majority is not the President, the majority does not run the whole country, believe it or not, I know that is hard to accept, especially by their freshman Republicans, but I have got to tell them something. When the President vetoes a bill, what we try to do is work out what it is that we need to do in order to see to it that the President can sign the bill. We negotiate. Instead what they have taken the position of doing is saying, it is our way or no way. So let us not do this hype business about the reason that parks are closed is because the President vetoes a bill. Some of us have served in the majority under Republican Presidents who have had to deal with vetoed legislation. We did not shut the Government down for 3 weeks like Republicans are about to do. Is it not about 21 days? I think so, 19 or 20. So I just say to my colleagues, try to understand the process. It is called the Constitution of the United States.”