On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that “It is hard to go into the Capitol and look Capitol Police in the eye, knowing they’re not being paid. It is hard to go into my office knowing the folks who work with me are not being paid…it is very hard to look people in the eye and say, I think we need to keep fighting.” And “We could reopen today if our Republican colleagues would accept the offer Democrats made.”

Coons said, “[T]his is hard. It is hard to go into the Capitol and look Capitol Police in the eye, knowing they’re not being paid. It is hard to go into my office knowing the folks who work with me are not being paid. I got a call from the head of the AFGE, which is the union that represents the folks who serve at Dover Air Force Base and who

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