Debbie Dingell Asked If Trump 'May Be Okay' With House Dems Pressuring Senate Dems To Block CR

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During a House Democratic Leadership press briefing on Wednesday, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) was asked if Trump would 'be okay' with Democrats forcing a shutdown by blocking a GOP-led continuing resolution.

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00:00So thanks to all my colleagues and now we will entertain questions, but if you want to go drink it's okay with us, too. I

00:08Don't know Nick. I'm not going to go to you. I'll go over here. I'll come to you later

00:15I will come to you

00:30Okay with a government shutdown given

00:33his perspective on the federal government given what

00:36He and Elon Musk and the doge folks are doing to federal agencies. Are you concerned that if the government shuts down?

00:44They may be okay with that. We are very clear that we think there should be a short-term

00:50Continuing resolution that's clean that lets us do the appropriation process in a regular and normal way

00:57And we are united on that

01:00Nick

01:18Somebody to to see the New York Times

01:20that Schumer is

01:23Democrats aren't going to help Republicans, but I'll let any of you with that want to

01:28Answer

01:31Thank you, I think we are our actions speak on our unity

01:35There is no question that Democrats have been united against

01:39Giving you know in terms of voting for a CR that would cut

01:45veterans health care

01:47so many things giving Elon Musk further ability to just

01:53Rummage through the government and make cuts and fire folks and allow Republicans to abdicate their

02:00Article one responsibility to Elon Musk. We are united on that and I think that's why we're so supportive of Senate Democrats today

02:08You know making sure that we do everything we can to have a short-term

02:12Clean CR so that we can work this out together in a bipartisan way

02:18Rather than allow these cuts to hurt the American people

02:22Thank you

Debbie Dingell Asked If Trump 'May Be Okay' With House Dems Pressuring Senate Dems To Block CR

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