Vice President JD Vance made House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) a hilarious offer on Wednesday with the hopes of incentivizing Democrats to reopen the government.

Vance made a surprise appearance alongside press secretary Karoline Leavitt during Wednesday's briefing on the first day of the government shutdown. Because Democrats refused to pass the Republicans' clean, nonpartisan funding bill, the federal government officially shut down at midnight on October 1 for the first time in six years.

'You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun.'

The shutdown has left reporters with many questions and millions of Americans with uncertainty. In an effort to facilitate a good-faith negotiation with Democrats, Vance made a humorous offer to Jeffries to encoura

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