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Mike Johnson: “They [Democrats] are more afraid of the Marxist socialist…”

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 30 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 00:21

Apparently when they tell him those things, he probably recognizes it's a futile effort. He, he realizes they're dug in. They [Democrats] are more afraid of the Marxist socialist far left in the party than they are the harm that they're going to cause in the American people. That's a fact. And you need to make them try to refute that. Because they can't. Grateful again for our New York colleagues, for holding their ground and standing guard as they do, and for being here. (00:21–39:04)

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Asserts that Democrats are more afraid of the far left in their party than the harm they may cause to Americans.

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