Mike Johnson: “Chuck Schumer himself boasted that every day of the shutdown…”

“That was the number two ranked Democrat in the House. The Democrat, the minority whip who said that, acknowledged it in an interview that this is leverage. And Chuck Schumer himself boasted that every day of the shutdown gets better for us. That's his now infamous quote that he wishes he had not said out loud. But you know what they're doing and why? Why are they demanding these things?” (04:10–04:14)

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