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On the recordMarch 13, 2025
Musk has told everybody he wants a shutdown because he knows it will help him achieve his horrible goal of just decimating the federal government from one end to the other.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer argues that a government shutdown would benefit Trump and Musk's agenda.

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