Sen. Joni Ernst blasted Democrats on Thursday for “intentionally making families suffer” amid the ongoing government shutdown, accusing them of using Americans’ hardship as political leverage.
During an appearance on Newsmax’s “National Report,” the Iowa Republican said the GOP has already presented “a clean continuing resolution under President Biden’s budget numbers.
“These are the Democrats’ budget numbers, and they’re refusing to pass them because they know the more American families suffer, the more maybe they can get ahead in their own personal agenda here in the United States Congress,” Ernst said.
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