Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said Republicans want Democrats to pay the price for shutting down the government.

Republicans “are hoping, I think, that it would move the needle with voters a little bit,” York said on Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier . “Not all the way until next year’s midterms, but at least in the short term.”

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