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Mike Johnson: “Republicans are voting and advocating for an open government…”

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

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Speaker Johnson condemns Democrat shutdown after Trump's Knesset speech

Published | Video Starts at 19:35

They're begging Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, that's how to make all this stop. They want this to end immediately and they wanted it to end before it started. And so again, Republicans are voting and advocating for an open government and Democrats are doing the opposite. They are the ones keeping the government closed and bringing an end to these services and personnel and policies. That's just a simple fact. Yes, ma'. Am. Last question. (19:35–19:40)

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Asserts that Republicans are advocating for an open government while Democrats are not.

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