VIDEO: Office Of Management And Budget Director Mick Mulvaney Scolds CNN's Jim Acosta

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In regard to the recent federal government shutdown, CNN's Jim Acosta obnoxiously demanded to know, “How can it be the Schumer Shutdown when Republicans control the White House, the House, and the Senate?”

“Come on, you know the answer to that as well as anybody,” Mulvaney said, clearly annoyed. Saying that he has to “laugh” when others make this absurd point, Mulvaney explained basic American civics to Acosta like he was four years old.

“You know as well as anybody that it takes 60 votes in the Senate to pass an appropriations bill, right, you know that?” Mulvaney asked.

“I know that,” Acosta was forced to admit.

“Okay, so when you only have 51 votes in the Senate, then you have to have Democrat support in order to fund the government. So that’s the answer to your question,” Mulvaney said.

“This is purely an attempt by the Senate Democrats, led by Mr. Schumer, that’s why we call it the ‘Schumer shutdown,’ in order to try and get a shutdown that they think this president gets blamed for,” he added.

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