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During Wednesday night's New Jersey gubernatorial debate, Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli called out his Democratic opponent, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., for playing politics when it comes to the current government shutdown.

While there were no government shutdowns under former President Joe Biden, there were several moments when a shutdown was narrowly avoided, with Congress and the White House negotiating at the last-minute to pass an appropriations package that would keep the lights on.

"When there were shutdowns during the Biden era, she voted every time for the continuing resolution to keep government– get it open again. This time around, with Trump in the White House, she's voted ‘no’ on the resolutions to kee

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