Vice President JD Vance speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
"Our troops are not getting paid starting today because of the Chuck Schumer wing of the Democratic Party," the vice president said. "We have people who were who require food assistance, low-income Americans who require food assistance, who will not get it unless we reopen the government, thanks to Chuck Schumer and his wing of the Democratic Party. We have flood insurance as we start hurricane season in the southeastern part of our country. That flood insurance is going to disappear because of Chuck Schumer and the far left of the Democratic Party."
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., gives a tour of the Capitol to a group of students from New York after their previously-scheduled tour was canceled due to the government shutdown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
"I think that certainly Senator Schumer was not expecting three moderates to break with him last night," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. "In fact, last night you heard Senator Schumer say he can't guarantee that he will be able to hold his caucus together."
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Leavitt said the White House encourages Democrats to have "the courage to do the right thing" and vote on the resolution to keep the government funded.
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