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Mike Johnson: “This is day 30 of the [Democrat] shutdown, and they've now…”

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

Speaker Johnson Joins the KEEL Morning Show with Mike & McCarty

Published October 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:21

Is there in there? No, we're not going to do it. So government going to be back open tomorrow. How close are we? Let's pray. Let's pray that there's a break. This is day 30 of the [Democrat] shutdown, and they've now voted 14 times to keep the government closed. And I. It's just beyond me why this is happening. There's no coincidence. The polling says now that 70% of Americans view the Democratic Party is out of touch. (00:21–00:29)

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Asserts that Democrats have voted 14 times to keep the government closed during a 30-day shutdown.

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