Mike Johnson: “Democrats are trying to play partisan games with it. And…”

“So that's what we passed out of the House. No frills, no partisan stuff, no tricks. We're just keeping the government open. Well, guess what, The Democrats are trying to play partisan games with it. And they said, we're not going to vote to keep the government open unless you restore free health care to illegal aliens. Unless you roll back the 50 billion DOL guys set aside for rural hospitals in red states. You know, unless you, unless you give a half a billion dollars to npr.” (03:10–03:19)

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