Vice President JD Vance says Senate Democrats are holding the government “hostage” by using the shutdown as leverage.
“We want to fix this issue for the American people, but we’re not [going to] be taken hostage. We’re not going to shut down the government and then give you everything that you want.”
“Let’s negotiate, but we’re not [going to] reward this behavior,” Vance said Wednesday during an appearance on Fox News while describing a meeting between President Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
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