Rep. Pat Harrigan told Newsmax on Wednesday that he and his team are bracing for a protracted federal government shutdown, warning that Democrats have backed themselves into what he called a political “boxed canyon.”
“I’m actually preparing my team to buckle down for a long shutdown here,” the North Carolina Republican said on Newsmax’s “National Report.” “I think [Senate Majority Leader] John Thune hit the nail on the head — the Democrats have flown into a boxed canyon and you can’t fly out of it.”
According to Harrigan, Democrats are trapped between two bad options: working with Republicans or continuing to “bend the knee to the radical left.” He argued they chose the latter, leaving no way out except to seek concessions from Republicans.
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