WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined Fox News Live on Fox News Channel to discuss Senator Chuck Schumer's government shutdown, the sentencing of the would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and disturbing comments recently made by Virginia Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones.

Watch the full interview here.

"The only hold-up is Chuck Schumer and the Democratic left that want to shut down the government because they want health care for illegal aliens":

"Spirits are very high. Our colleagues, especially in the House, we have a strong resolve because we’ve done our job. We funded the government. We’ve sent that to the Senate. The only hold-up is Chuck Schumer and the Democratic left that want to shut down the government because they want health care for illegal aliens. That’s what this is all about. They can say whatever they want, but that is the fact of the matter. They want reckless spending in USAID, they want reckless spending in all parts of our government. And the American people in their mandate given to Donald Trump, they basically are saying, no, we’re not doing that anymore. And so Chuck Schumer and the radical left are holding this whole deal up. Like I said, there are three Democratic senators who have agreed with Senate Republicans to pass the House measure. So, House Republicans are in a good position here. Our morale is high, our voters are with us, and we’re going to continue to stand for the American people."

"The radical left has no problem with political violence. They have no problem with dehumanizing their opponents":

"This is just another instance where we see, again, the radical left has no problem dehumanizing their political opponents to the point where lives are being threatened. We have seen Charlie Kirk, he was assassinated, he lost his life. There were two attempts on Donald Trump. We now see that this attorney general candidate in Virginia, he has text messages threatening the life of a former Republican speaker of the House in the state of Virginia. This is outrageous. But this all is what’s happening in our country. The radical left has no problem with political violence. They have no problem with dehumanizing their opponents. And so that’s where you have this, this potential assailant getting eight years in prison because they think it is okay for political violence - it is not, it should never be tolerated and, frankly, the American people and even to a broader perspective Democrats, they gotta clean up their own party. They can start with getting this attorney general candidate to drop out of the race. It is obscene to be threatening to kill a rival simply because you don’t agree politically."

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