Republican says GOP ‘stuck on stupid’ pushing for government shutdown – video

Moderate New York Republican Mike Lawler said members of the GOP blocking efforts to keep the federal government from going into shutdown before a Saturday deadline are stuck on stupid' in an interview with CNN.

Criticising members of his party, Lawler said: Some of my colleagues have, frankly, been stuck on stupid and refused to do what we were elected to do, against the vast majority of the conference, who have been working to avoid a shutdown'

• Republicans pushing for government shutdown stuck on stupid', says party moderate