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Mike Johnson: “Republicans have now voted 13 times to open your government…”

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

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Speaker Johnson, House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 23 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 38:24

And she said, yeah, you know, it's regrettable, but, hey, this is our time of leverage. We just let their own words speak for themselves. We're not for that. The Democrats are. I'll leave you with this thought. Republicans have now voted 13 times to open your government. The Democrats have voted 13 times to close, close it. The Democrats own the shutdown and all these horrible consequences. And you need to remind them of that. (38:24–38:33)

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Asserts that Republicans have voted 13 times to open the government, while Democrats have voted 13 times to keep it closed.

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