Rep. Darrell Issa on Sunday accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., of “pandering to the left” in the government shutdown impasse and said other Senate Democrats who won’t vote to keep the government open are following suit.
“You have to ask when virtually every House member and virtually every Senate member who are Democrats voted with them, that means that they’re following that same extreme agenda,” the California Republican told Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.”
Hence, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not only “captured” Schumer and Jeffries, her fellow New Yorkers, but also “she and her cohorts have captured the entire Democrat House and Senate, and that’s scary,” said Issa.
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