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Vice President JD Vance gave his first public remarks on the federal government officially reopening, telling "Hannity," the shutdown inflicted massive pain on Americans "all for nothing."

"Here’s what the Democrats actually accomplished. They caused a lot of stress for our troops. They made our air traffic controllers not get paid. They caused a lot of flight cancellations. They had a lot of people thinking they weren’t going to get their food benefits. All for literally nothing," Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview set to air Thursday.

Vance claimed the House deal that ended the shutdown was identical to one top Democrats rejected weeks earlier.

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