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Mike Johnson: “That's why we're on the second longest shutdown in history…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 29:13

Why are they doing it? Because they're afraid of their radical face. Boom. That's it. That's why they gave us the longest shutdown in history last fall. And That's why we're on the second longest shutdown in history right now. They are afraid to go to their base and say that they're doing anything that complies with common sense and their basic responsibility, because their base is screaming that they're not fighting Trump enough. (29:13–29:17)

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Asserts that the current shutdown is the second longest in history.

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