Mike Johnson: “The shutdown began, which is now the largest one in US…”

“But I do think it is alarming that Mandani is now effectively the leader of the Democrat Party. And is it affecting the strategy of the Democrats on Capitol Hill? We have been saying since the beginning, since The shutdown began, which is now the largest one in US history, 36 days of this now. that the reason for it was because you had Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, the two leaders in the Senate and the House, the Democrats, the top Democrats in Washington who are from New York.” (00:33–00:38)

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