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Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on the Republicans break amid Trump’s shutdown on Sunday shows as they call out his lack of participation in helping re-open the government, and Scott Bessent fumbles through defending the shutdown and condemning Canada for Ronald Reagan ad.

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