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Mike Johnson: “The President takes no pleasure in this. But if Chuck…”

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

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Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published | Video Starts at 12:30

So he's very carefully, methodically, very deliberately looking through that to see which decisions can be made in the best interest of the American people. That's his obligation and that's his real desire. The president. The President takes no pleasure in this. But if Chuck Schumer is going to give Donald Trump the opportunity to determine what the priorities are, he's going to exercise that opportunity. and that's where we are. Chad, Square, something for me here. How can you say that they take. No pleasure in this and then the next minute say, oh, they're just having fun and trolling people. (12:30–12:40)

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Asserts that President Trump is determining priorities due to the government shutdown.

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