Rep. Wesley Hunt On The Prolonged Government Shutdown: ‘At The End Of The Day, Democrats Will Have To Own This’

Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to give his take on why the government shutdown has now lasted for more than three weeks.

“The United States House of Representatives, and I’m a part of, we did our job. We sent over a clean 25-page CR that Democrats have signed twice this year. They signed on the two CRs, and then all of a sudden, the third time is the problem. And that’s because they know that Donald Trump keeps kicking their butt, and they realize that they’re in a really bad spot because Trump is in a position where it’s heads you lose and tails you lose to this guy. So now Chuck Schumer is the guy that has to realize, I’m losing a lot of political capital. AOC is breathing down my neck, and now I have to start a fake fight with Republicans and Donald Trump to make myself look stronger, and it’s coming at the expense of the American public. And then what does Donald Trump do with this opportunity? Talk about turning chicken crap into chicken salad. This guy then takes this opportunity to then shrink in the government and realize that those jobs that are not essential, some of them are going to stay non-essential while the government is being shut down. These people are literally getting tied into pretzels because of Donald Trump and I love watching it. And in the end, they’re going to have to own this shutdown.”

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Listen to the podcast to hear what else Rep. Hunt had to say to Jimmy!