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I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.

I don't want to shut down the government.

The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer.

I don't go to the federal government and say, 'Fund my program.'

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

I don't like government, it's just that simple.

I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.