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Mike Johnson: “The roots of Obamacare are so deep in the system, you can no…”

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

Speaker Johnson Joins The Moon Griffon Radio Show

Published December 18, 2025 | Video Starts at 06:10

We lost it by one vote. Thumbs down by John McCain. Right. And that, and we still have PTSD about that experience. The problem is right now it's so sinister that The roots of Obamacare are so deep in the system, you can no longer uproot it and just completely cut it off. You've got to reform the system piece by piece. And that's what we're doing. So the Democrats are lying. Okay. They created the problem. 100% created by Democrats. (06:10–06:17)

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Asserts that Obamacare is too entrenched to be completely removed.

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