Joining us now, a couple of Capitol Hill insiders. Former Republican Congressman Garrett Graves from Louisiana and Michael Hardaway, former spokesperson for Democratic leader Hakee Jeff. And I know Michael, you're trying to get that if in your ear so you can hear when we play those sound bites.Good to have you both as part of this conversation. Thanks so much. Here we are, day two of the shutdown.Congress isn't in session. We just listened to uh at least Speaker Johnson talk this morning about the pain that ...

really feels like the Republicans are playing a little playing games on this and I don't think healthc care is a game. It's it it shouldn't be a game but clearly they have decided to make it a game. And it's interesting that you bring up the retaliation. The Republican response to us allegedly holding the government hostage is to go out and hurt the people, the very people that are serving our country and serving our constituents. This tells you who it is that they are fighting for. They didn't say they wer ...

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Look, Republicans control both the House and the Senate and of course the White House. They have a lot of power. And let's be honest, Republicans in the House and Senate are Trump's lap dogs at this point.Whatever he wants, they pretty much do with a few exceptions. Which is why it is so concerning that not only does Trump not seem to care about the impact of a government shutdown on the American people, doesn't even seem to know what the impact might be. I mean, yesterday, the Democratic leaders of the Hou ...