A member of the Democrats’ House leadership admitted that her party’s lawmakers are intentionally inflicting “suffering” on American families for “leverage” purposes in the current federal shutdown.
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the second-ranking Democrat in the chamber, acknowledged in a recent interview that the ongoing shutdown is a necessary bargaining tactic despite it bringing hardship to Americans.
“Of course there will be families that are going to suffer,” Clark said. “But it is one of the few leverage times we have.”
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