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Mike Johnson: “This is the first time in the history of the country than…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins the Mark Levin Show

Published | Video Starts at 08:03

What do you do with a party that doesn't give a damn? Well, it's an unprecedented thing. I mean, this truly is. They're making history in all the wrong ways for all the wrong reasons. This is the first time in the history of the country than any party has chosen to shut the government down over a totally clean cr. A nonpartisan measure. They don't care. They have evaluated that they have to do this because they cannot base the radical base in their party any longer. (08:03–08:10)

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Asserts that it is unprecedented for a party to shut down the government over a clean continuing resolution.

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