"There was an election, and the Republicans were put in a position where they were able to pass the Big Beautiful Bill, or as you call it the Big Ugly Bill. To then say, we don't like any of that, so we're going to shut down the government until you take back all the things that you duly passed through legislation."
"If Republicans had tried to do that to the Inflation Reduction Act or any of the acts that Biden and that administration have passed, if they said we're going to shut down the government because we don't like any of those things you did, we're not going to pay our military, we are going to not allow the government to reopen until you do what we want — after an election where the American people put Democrats in power — you'd be going crazy! You'd be crazy about using a shutdown of the government on a continuing resolution."
"To get what you want just because you don't like what the Republicans did. It's not how it works. It's bad. It's a bad precedent, and it's just clear. And you're talking about the House. You've already passed this. The Senate is who we're talking about, and they have a bill which will reopen the government right now with five more Democrats."
Joe Kernen confronted Hakeem Jeffries, accusing Democrats of holding the government hostage to force reversal of Republican-passed legislation. Kernen argued that after an election that enabled Republicans to pass their agenda, resorting to a shutdown to undo that legislation sets a dangerous precedent and would be intolerable if roles were reversed. He warned that shutting down funding, including military pay, to extract policy concessions is not how governance should work and urged reopening the government through the Senate. Jeffries countered by blaming Republicans for refusing bipartisan negotiations and adopting a my-way-or-the-highway approach.
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