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Mike Johnson: “They want to send 3.9 million for LGBTQI plus democracy…”

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 14 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 05:47

They want to spend 24.6 million of your hard earned dollars as a taxpayer for climate resilience in Honduras. They want to spend 13.4 million for civic engagement in Zimbabwe. They want to send 3.9 million for LGBTQI plus democracy grants in the western Balkans. They want to spend 2.9 million of your dollars for desert locust risk reduction in the Horn of Africa and 2 million for, quote, organizing for feminist democratic principles in Africa. (05:47–05:55)

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Asserts that the Democrats' proposal includes $3.9 million for LGBTQI+ democracy grants in the Western Balkans.

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