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In the intensifying blame-game battle over the federal government shutdown, Republicans are relentless in who they see as the culprit and his motive.

Top Republicans charge that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's deep concerns over a potential 2028 primary challenge from a progressive rock star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a fellow New Yorker often referred to as AOC, compelled him to rally Senate Democrats to defeat a GOP-crafted funding bill that would have temporarily averted the shutdown.

Among the Republicans making their case — Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

"This is basically Chuck Schumer," Vance said Wednesday morning in an interview on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "He's wor

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