Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) teamed up to release a Wednesday video explaining why they voted against the House Republican-authored stopgap legislation. Its failure in the Senate led to a government shutdown.

In the clip that shows them taking a walk and talking together in Washington, the lawmakers raised concerns about the lapse in Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies as the main reason for their decision to withhold votes in favor of keeping the lights on in Washington.

“This is one of the dirtiest tricks that is being pulled on the American people right now. Starting today, Oct. 1 and throughout the rest of the month, Americans across this country are going to start getting notifications that their insurance premiums are up to doubling,” Ocasio-Cortez said in the nearly three-minute conversation.

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