Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) spoke on the floor of the house about the shutdown. The short two minute clip is absolutely worth listening to. Listen to all of it, as she talks about 5 Republican shutdowns in 30 years, taking kid’s healthcare and Dreamers as hostages while focusing on the tax-cut-scam for billionaires. But wait for 1:20 when she says:
As an immigrant myself, I am tired of being called the worst of the worst, tired of hearing Mexicans called rapists and Africans called vulgarities that I cannot even repeat.
Bernie tweeted another version of the clip focusing on Rep. Jayapal’s powerful statement about the way immigrants are being demonized by the Trump administration.
Bernie also has two short videos out. In the first, he discusses the shutdown and notes that the shutdown happened because McConnell intentionally brought a CR to the floor that he knew would not pass, ignoring other versions that had the votes.
But then he talks about the Republican party’s decades long assault on government programs, and how these shutdowns are desired by their donors because they undermine trust in public programs. It’s really worth watching.
There’s another short explainer/video where Bernie talks about the Citizen’s United decision, and how it’s paved the way for this shutdown.
— @subirgrewal