Friday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) speculated that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was not the driving force behind the Democrats and their refusal to vote to reopen the government.

According to the Louisiana Republican, the so-called far left was dictating the terms of Democratic tactics.

“Senator, listen, it’s no laughing matter,” fill-in host Joey Jones. “But when somebody like Bernie invokes the Civil War, at least, I guess they’re not saying this is worse than Watergate all over again. At least he is going back a few decades. I don’t see it. This is worse than the Civil War, Senator?”

“Well, let me explain what’s going on,” Kennedy replied. “The country was just rocking along, minding its own business, and our budget expired midnight Tuesday

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