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Mike Johnson: “Republicans have now voted repeatedly for to keep the…”

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

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Mike Johnson addresses military pay, layoffs during government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 04:31

They're not telling the American people the truth. What is the simple truth here is that Republicans have now voted repeatedly for to keep the government open and the Democrats have voted repeatedly to shut it down. They're trying to make a political moment out of this at the expense of real people back home that are being hurt. Let me talk about your job. (04:31–04:39)

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Asserts that Republicans voted to keep the government open while Democrats voted to shut it down.

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