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Watch this amazing video of Senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell speaking off camera about the government shutdown:

The video illustrates just how delusional the leaders of the Republican party are. Poll after poll shows the American people blaming Republicans in general, but Congress in particular, for the damage done by shutting down the government.

Rand Paul says at the beginning of the clip that “it’s awful” that Democratic leadership keeps saying that the GOP refuses to negotiate. How is it “awful” to tell the truth? Negotiation at the point of a gun isn’t negotiation at all, it’s coercion.

In another moment of candor, Paul says “I know we don’t want to be here.” So true - I don’t think I’d want to be in Rand Paul’s shoes either.