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Mike Johnson: “People are starting to recognize this is not a Republican…”

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

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Livestream: Speaker Johnson Shutdown Press Conference Day 6

Published | Video Starts at 39:21

I hate to drag you all out and go through all the details, but I've got to put on the case over and over because repetition, apparently, is the key to this. People are starting to recognize this is not a Republican shutdown. It is a Schumer Democrat shutdown. Again. Why? Because they needed political cover. It's shameless. It is sad. Real people are hurting, and it needs to end. (39:21–39:28)

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Asserts that the government shutdown is the responsibility of Democrats, specifically Chuck Schumer.

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