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Mike Johnson: “Shutting the government down would cause great pain to the…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Squawk Box on CNBC

Published | Video Starts at 01:10

Remember, he's been in Congress for 44 years and every year until now he has said, and he even said this year as recently as March, that Shutting the government down would cause great pain to the American people. and it could never be done, should never be done. Well, he changed his tune because he's trying to appeal to that radical leftist base in the party because he's … (01:10–01:13)

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Asserts that government shutdowns cause significant harm to citizens.

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