Day 2 of The Schumer Shutdown
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Salem Podcast Network
4.4 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Hugh discusses day two of the Schumer shutdown and talks with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Sen. Steve Daines, Doug Burgum, Rep. Ken Calvbert, Noah Rothman, Kurt Couchman, Kristen Waggoner, and Jim Talent.
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| 0:31.0 | I'm Hughitt. It is Thursday, and we are going to stay focused on the Schumer shutdown from top to bottom. |
| 0:37.2 | It's day two. |
| 0:38.5 | No better person to check in with than the leader of the United States Senate, |
| 0:42.8 | Majority Leader John Thune. |
| 0:44.1 | Senator Thune, welcome back. |
| 0:45.4 | Always good to talk to you. |
| 0:46.7 | Good afternoon. |
| 0:47.3 | You're good to be with you. |
| 0:48.6 | Is anything changed overnight? |
| 0:50.5 | Has the buckling of the Democrats begun because I think it's inevitable? |
| 0:55.4 | You know, not yet, but I tend to think you're right, Hugh. I just don't know how they sustain this position. |
| 1:02.9 | They've walked themselves and Schumer has led them into this, down this rattle. I don't know how they get out of it right now, but it's |
| 1:11.2 | going to take a, you know, we need five of them to flip tomorrow on the vote, and we can |
| 1:14.6 | open up the government and get back to work, but they seem to be really invested heavily |
| 1:21.2 | in their far left special interest group strategy here. This is the shutdown of move on.org and Chuck Schumer. |
| 1:30.7 | Leader Thune, I write a column twice a week for Fox News. |
| 1:34.2 | And if I get a thousand comments, that's a pretty good reason. |
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