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Mike Johnson: “If the government shuts down at midnight tonight, it's…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Wake Up American on News Max

Published | Video Starts at 00:21

That couldn't have been easy because it was the Biden Pelosi budget. But you got it done and Democrats refused to give an inch. How do we get out of this? Well, I'll tell you what, If the government shuts down at midnight tonight, it's because one person made that decision. His name is Chuck Schumer. He's a Democrat leader in the Senate. Because we did pass it out of the House. Now, why did we do that? You're right, we don't. We're not in love with these policies. (00:21–00:27)

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