Rep. Darin Lahood, R-Ill., told Newsmax Thursday that if Senate Democrats don’t vote to pass the stopgap funding bill to keep the government open, the closure of federal agencies on Saturday will be “the Schumer shutdown.”

“Democrats are in disarray,” Lahood said on “American Agenda.” “I think you’re seeing that. They can’t come up with a plan.

“And I’m glad you played those clips of [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer [D-N.Y.] at the very beginning. It’s really rich for him to say that he wants to shut down the government, but it is the Schumer shutdown if the government does shut down.

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