Pelosi: ‘Take Back Your Party ... America Needs a Strong Republican Party, Not a Rubber Stamp’

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PELOSI: “That is one of the reasons Democrats and Republicans, and I know this is a bipartisan group, beautifully so — and to the Republicans in the crowd I say, take back your party, the grand old party. America needs a strong Republican Party, not a rubber stamp. Democrats and Republicans alike must urge their senators to support bipartisan legislation to reopen government that will be on the floor tomorrow. Tomorrow we must reopen government now, to restore — respect our workers, protect our borders and to meet the needs of the American people. That is what is not — people have to understand, there is a purpose to the governance, you know it better than anyone. The public role and meeting the needs of people. People’s needs are not being met when these people are not being employed, working and getting paid for their work.”