Mike Johnson: “Chuck Schumer and the Democrats had already voted to that…”

“You all saw on your broadcast, where we pointed out, for example, the troops, they would not have been paid today except that President Trump made heroic measures in the executive branch to help us cover them. Chuck Schumer and the Democrats had already voted to that point eight times to block the paychecks of troops. And by the way, Capitol Police, who are up here defending them without pay. It is so frustrating and so unnecessary, and they need to stop it.” (04:58–05:04)

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