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Mike Johnson: “As soon as the Democrats open vote to reopen the government…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins on Balance with Leland Vittert on NewsNation

Published | Video Starts at 07:11

Why won't you swear her in? Yeah, I mean, again, they're becoming experts at distraction and red herrings. This has absolutely nothing to do about Epstein. This is a scheduling matter. As soon as the Democrats open vote to reopen the government, we will get back to the regular order in session of Congress. And that'll be, I'm sure, among our first orders of business is to administer the oath to the newly elected representative. This is just a matter of the schedule. (07:11–07:18)

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Asserts that the reopening of government depends on a vote by Democrats.

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