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Mike Johnson: “They want to spend one and a half trillion dollars on a…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Hannity on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 01:53

That's their demand in their counteroffer to prop up the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Again, we're not doing that. Left leaning media outlets don't need to be funded by taxpayers. They want to spend one and a half trillion dollars on a simple seven week stopgap funding measure. so our appropriators can get back to the job of just funding the government. It's really a crazy thing to watch. (01:53–02:01)

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Asserts that Democrats propose spending $1.5 trillion on a seven-week funding measure.

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