The Republican Senate needs new leadership. I've been saying it for a long time. Mitch is not the guy. He's not the right guy. He's not doing the job. He gave them a lifeline. It's more than a lifeline. He gave them so much time now to figure out what to do because they were in a real big bind. They wouldn't have been able to do anything. He had the weapon and he was unable to use it.

We made a promise for two months that we would make them do it without our help,

and we folded, and I hate that.

We're in a hole.

We've got to dig out of this hole, and we can't.

We shot ourselves in the foot tonight, but we'll revisit this issue in December.

I believe Democratic Leader Schumer was on the verge of surrendering.

And then, unfortunately, yesterday, Republicans blinked.

I think that was a mistake.

I understand why Republican leadership blinked, but I wish they hadn't.

I wish they hadn't because I believe we were on the verge of victory.

Chuck Schumer won this game of chicken.

As two trucks drove towards each other on a country road, one or the other was going to

turn, or you were going to have a lot of dead chickens.

I wish Republicans hadn't blinked.

We shouldn't have done that.

I'm so triggered. You're going to have to take it. We shouldn't have done that. I'm so triggered.

You're going to have to take it. Oh, my God.

You know, that's the capital. The United States were serious stuff.

I almost said to something else. It's supposed to happen, right?

But it hasn't been happening, and it hasn has been happening because there are these these group

of nihilists who they they don't understand they're talking about your retirement savings i mean

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