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Mike Johnson: “The Schumer shutdown was never about health care or any…”

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

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 02:52

The past five weeks have been painfully clear that Democrats are not interested in doing their most basic job. We explained here yesterday all of this is motivated by one thing and one thing alone. The Schumer shutdown was never about health care or any other policy. that they claim. Now they can't even decide amongst themselves what it was about. Some have said it's the Seinfeld shutdown because it's about nothing. (02:52–02:57)

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