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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on the Democrat Shutdown: "Senate Democrats are marching in unison towards destruction."

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POTUS and FLOTUS arrive back at Joint Base Andrews after celebrating the Navy's 250th birthday in Norfolk, Virginia

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POTUS recognizes World War II hero and U.S. Navy veteran Felix Maurizio — who celebrated his 100th birthday this year and is in the audience today to celebrate Navy 250 🇺🇸

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POTUS: "Portland is different — that's a bunch of paid insurrectionists. You do have a lot of paid people in Chicago, too. I believe the politicians are under threat because there's no way somebody can say things are wonderful in Chicago... We're going to straighten it out."

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POTUS: "Portland is burning to the ground. You have agitators, insurrectionists... The governor, the mayor, the politicians are petrified for their lives."

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"It's a war... This is a full government effort to shut down these terrorists — and we will have success," says Todd Blanche on Antifa.

"It's not just the men and women on the streets; it's also the financing that's behind them."

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Karoline Leavitt on potential bureaucratic layoffs: "It's the Democrats who have forced the White House and the President into this position by voting to shut the government down."

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"Why are layoffs now necessary in this shutdown?"

Karoline Leavitt: "We are $37T in debt and the federal government is currently shut down. There is no more money... Democrats have given this Administration an unenviable choice."

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Karoline Leavitt message to Democrat mayors: "They should do the right thing by their citizens. They should call POTUS, they should call the White House, and say, 'We want to work with you.' ... Since Monday, 153 arrests have been made in Memphis, including 5 gang members."

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Leader John Thune on Day 3 of the Democrat Shutdown: "It's all about President Trump and the Democrats needing to pick a fight to satisfy their Far Left political base, Far Left activist organizations, who are the tail wagging the dog right now. That's all this is about."

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Karoline Leavitt urges moderate Democrats to "step up": "They need to vote for this clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government open—that they voted for as recently as March... very soon, the American people, and their constituents back home... are going to start feeling the pinch of this Democrat-led shutdown."

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Democrats are demanding things that "most people that are sane wouldn't want — and Patriots wouldn't want," says POTUS.

"They want us to take care of illegals. They want us to take care of people who could absolutely get a job... This is not what this was all about."

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Scott Bessent: “Chuck Schumer did the right thing in the Spring and led the Senate to a clean CR… What’s changed since then? It’s his poll numbers… Ocasio-Cortez [is] nipping at his heels. So, the American people are being held hostage by Chuck Schumer’s poll numbers.”

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New Hampshire National Guard soldiers are working without pay right now due to the destructive government shutdown that NH Senator Jeanne Shaheen voted for — all because the Radical Left demands taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits for illegals.

Shameful.

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POTUS on the Democrat Shutdown: "There could be firings — and that's their fault."

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Karoline Leavitt nukes the Fake News (again): "Do you think illegal aliens should receive Medicaid benefits?... We saw these illegals committing crimes all over our country — and they're getting things for free? That is fundamentally unfair and this Admin is not going to support it."

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"We've put out seven wars — now it could be eight... It looks like the Middle East could very well be solved," says POTUS.

"We're going to have Gaza plus PEACE, overall peace. That would be an amazing achievement."

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Secretary Doug Burgum on the Democrat Shutdown: "The House has already passed a Continuing Resolution. There are no changes to the federal budget on the line. If people want to negotiate, they can do that WHILE the government is running... This is 100% politics."

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JD Vance on the Democrat Shutdown: "You don't do a negotiation like that. You don't take the American economy hostage and then tell the President of the United States, 'Give us everything that we want or we're going to shut down the People's Government.' It's ridiculous."

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FACT: Democrats Shut Down Government Over Free Healthcare for Illegals

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/fact-democrats-shut-down-government-over-free-healthcare-for-illegals/

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