Ex-DNC Chair Talks Government Shutdowns With 13-Year-Old, Podcast Draws Laughably Small Audience

Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison let a 13-year-old he knows interview him on “At Our Table with Jaime Harrison” in an episode posted on Tuesday, but the episode only drew 12 views on YouTube as of Tuesday afternoon.

The episode, which appears to have been posted at about 3 a.m. on Tuesday, was recorded shortly before news of a deal being reached to end the recent government shutdown, Harrison said on his podcast. The episode largely consisted of Harrison answering the teens’ questions about government shutdowns.

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“What is a shutdown?” was the teen’s first question. Harrison ranted for about 3 minutes explaining it.

“So do these government shutdowns happen a lot?” the teen followed up.

Harrison’s answer included blaming President Donald Trump for the shutdown.

“The frequency of our shutdowns have been increasing. And one of the things that it seems very consistent that when Donald Trump is president, we have the longest shutdowns that we ever had,” Harrison said. “He is a president that now has a record for the two longest shutdowns in the history of this nation. And it’s even more odd when the shutdowns take place when it’s one party that controls the White House, the House, and the Senate.”