Angus King
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95 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2025
last heard 11 Nov
Angus King’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, Joe, you have to go back to what the strategy was at the beginning of the shutdown.
There were two goals, both of which I support.
One was standing up to Donald Trump.
The other was getting some resolution on the ACA premium tax credit issue.
The problem was the shutdown wasn't accomplishing either goals, and there was practically, well, there was zero likelihood that it was going to.
In terms of standing up to Donald Trump, the shutdown actually gave him more power, Exhibit A being what he's done with SNAP and SNAP benefits across the country.
Oh, by the way, Joe, you're going to love this.
Guess who's getting paid during the shutdown?
Not the park rangers or air traffic controllers, the ICE agents.
Under special law, under that big awful bill that they passed last summer, the ICE agents are being paid.
Nobody else is.
So standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
It actually gave him more power.
You can't stand up to Donald Trump?
This agreement tonight is a win for the American people.
There was zero chance of dealing with the ACA issue as long as the shutdown continued.
Now, I don't know, 50-50?
But there's a lot better chance now than there was this morning.
This was a very, very bad vote.
And what the election showed is that the American people want us to stand up to Trumpism, to his war against working class people, to his authoritarianism.
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