Mike Johnson: “They want to restore American taxpayer benefits to illegal…”

“Okay, they won't go along with it now. Why? Because they want to add, as you noted, $1.5 trillion in new spending to a seven week stopgap funding measure. And They want to restore American taxpayer benefits to illegal aliens. That is what they're demanding in exchange for their votes. They also want to claw back the $50 billion that Republicans passed to prop up our rural hospitals in red states.” (02:05–02:11)

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