Michael Whatley to Newsmax: Dems Playing Games With Shutdown

Democrats are engaging in political gamesmanship as the government shutdown continues, former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, who is currently campaigning in North Carolina for the U.S. Senate, told Newsmax Thursday.

“I would be voting all day, every day to reopen the government,” Whatley said in an interview on “National Report.”

“We’ve been hearing for 20-plus years from [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer[, D-N.Y.,] and the Democrats that shutdowns are going to hurt America — and here they are shutting down the government.”

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