Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said the main reason Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) rallied Democrats to defeat a Republican funding bill and trigger a government shutdown is because he’s afraid of facing a primary challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in 2028.

Said Mullin: “Here you have a career politician who is more afraid of his reelection … than he is doing what’s right for the American people. This is what happens when you have a career politician.”

He added: “He is afraid of AOC over a clean continuing resolution.”

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