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Mike Johnson: “The staff of the White House was unable to schedule a…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:33

They reported on this incident I had where I had been demanding many of, you know, since in the Hill press corps, you're in and around it for about eight weeks, beginning in early January or maybe late December, The staff of the White House was unable to schedule a meeting at my request with the president [for about eight weeks]. And that was Alarming. First, it was sort of frustrating, and then it became rather alarming because we had some big matters of national security that the speaker of the House and the President should discuss, and the border was one. (04:33–04:51)

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Asserts that the White House staff could not schedule a meeting with the President for about eight weeks.

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