Fox host says it’s “disingenuous” to point out government workers aren’t getting paid during the shutdown

Jesse Watters: “I think what Emily is saying is that -- is that the Democrats care more about Americans missing paychecks, than Americans missing dead family members”

From the January 9 edition of Fox News' The Five:

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EMILY COMPAGNO (GUEST HOST): I don't understand why Pelosi and Schumer threw around comments today, just today, for example, in their response, saying the words “tragic” and “collateral damage” talking about the furlough, when that's a disingenuous comment when our federal employees are being assaulted and murdered at the border.

When our communities, our mid-western and low-income and minority communities and more are being decimated by the drug war, by the drugs pouring over the southern border.

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JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): I think what Emily is saying is that -- is that the Democrats care more about Americans missing paychecks, than Americans missing dead family members.

Previously:

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