Sen. Whitehouse: Dems Need to ‘Stop the Intramural Fighting’ and Bleeding as Quickly as We Can

RADDATZ So of course ░░░░░░░░ was Democratic Leader Chuck ░░░░░░░░ s decision to support ░░░░░░░░ bill that stunned and ░░░░░░░░ many Democrats coming just ░░░░░░░░ after he said he ░░░░░░░░ block the bill Your ░░░░░░░░ to that and what ░░░░░░░░ you think his strategy ░░░░░░░░ I mean what do ░░░░░░░░ think we would be ░░░░░░░░ right now sitting here ░░░░░░░░ the government was shut ░░░░░░░░ WHITEHOUSE Well we d ░░░░░░░░ in real trouble There ░░░░░░░░ a guy over at ░░░░░░░░ Office of Management and ░░░░░░░░ named Russell Vought He ░░░░░░░░ got a little sidekick ░░░░░░░░ there named Mark Paoletta ░░░░░░░░ is one of the ░░░░░░░░ in the portrait with ░░░░░░░░ Crow and Leonard Leo ░░░░░░░░ Clarence Thomas He s ░░░░░░░░ of that court fixer ░░░░░░░░ These are very extreme ░░░░░░░░ and OMB gets wild ░░░░░░░░ during a shutdown So ░░░░░░░░ we d be doing ░░░░░░░░ probably voting first to ░░░░░░░░ the Department of Defense ░░░░░░░░ out then voting to ░░░░░░░░ Homeland Security back out ░░░░░░░░ voting to bring veterans ░░░░░░░░ out while they went ░░░░░░░░ other agencies of government ░░░░░░░░ don t like so ░░░░░░░░ and said that this ░░░░░░░░ part of the agency ░░░░░░░░ part of the agency ░░░░░░░░ unessential and therefore we ░░░░░░░░ going to reduce in ░░░░░░░░ all the employees We ░░░░░░░░ going to remove it ░░░░░░░░ funding it shut it ░░░░░░░░ and then you get ░░░░░░░░ very very different government ░░░░░░░░ we get to a ░░░░░░░░ where they never bring ░░░░░░░░ Department of Education for ░░░░░░░░ back out of shutdown ░░░░░░░░ Senator I guess I ░░░░░░░░ my question is let ░░░░░░░░ s talk about Senator ░░░░░░░░ He did not want ░░░░░░░░ government shut down because ░░░░░░░░ felt that would not ░░░░░░░░ good for Democrats either ░░░░░░░░ what is your reaction ░░░░░░░░ Right RADDATZ to what ░░░░░░░░ did and how would ░░░░░░░░ deal with that now ░░░░░░░░ I think that he ░░░░░░░░ the other nine colleagues ░░░░░░░░ mine who made that ░░░░░░░░ made a very conscientious ░░░░░░░░ principled decision after a ░░░░░░░░ of reflection I m ░░░░░░░░ going to throw any ░░░░░░░░ them under the bus ░░░░░░░░ the choice that they ░░░░░░░░ When you understand how ░░░░░░░░ a shutdown is it ░░░░░░░░ even more sort of ░░░░░░░░ why they would feel ░░░░░░░░ way And so I ░░░░░░░░ what we need to ░░░░░░░░ is stop the intramural ░░░░░░░░ and bleeding as quickly ░░░░░░░░ we can We are ░░░░░░░░ a fight for our ░░░░░░░░ right now and if ░░░░░░░░ re having a fight ░░░░░░░░ our dugout we re ░░░░░░░░ out on the field ░░░░░░░░ the other team is ░░░░░░░░ runs So everybody needs ░░░░░░░░ have their say Everybody ░░░░░░░░ to you know respond ░░░░░░░░ their own passions and ░░░░░░░░ But as soon as ░░░░░░░░ can we got to ░░░░░░░░ back on the field ░░░░░░░░ fight Trump and Musk ░░░░░░░░ MAGA.”