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Mike Johnson: “This was never about a solution on health care or anything…”

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown

Published October 22, 2025 | Video Starts at 43:37

This madness in the counter proposal, what I told you about, is the offer still on the table? They can't even articulate what they want. You know why? Because This was never about a solution on health care or anything else. This was about a spectacle. It was about a political distraction, and it was so that they could show a fight to the Marxist left in the Democratic Party. Look at the split screen. (43:37–43:43)

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“We cut hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud, waste and abuse from government.”
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“Democrats in Congress have voted 12 times to keep the government closed down.”
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“Democrats added $1.5 trillion in new spending [to their CR proposal].”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 22, 2025 | 04:52-04:57
“Democrats wanted to eliminate the $50 billion that Republicans got signed into law by President Trump on July 4th to prop up our rural…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 22, 2025 | 05:22-05:33
“Republicans have delivered incredible results for the American people.”
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“We passed the historic Working Families tax cut.”
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“We slashed taxes for hard working Americans geared for the lower and middle class earners.”
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“We solved the border crisis.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 22, 2025 | 02:37-02:40
“We strengthened Medicaid, we improved health care access, and we lowered premiums with our legislation.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 22, 2025 | 02:43-02:50
“We passed a clean, nonpartisan CR to keep the government open for the people.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 22, 2025 | 03:08-03:13
“Democrats wrote [the Obamacare] bill. They passed it into law without a single Republican vote.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 22, 2025 | 06:23-06:28
“Democrats are the ones who manufactured this entire situation without a single Republican vote.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 22, 2025 | 07:08-07:14
“Chuck Schumer has been suggesting that four leaders should go into a smoke filled back room like they used to do in the old days and create…”
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“As soon as Chuck Schumer reopens the government, all of our members will have an opportunity to engage in the very important discussion of…”
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“When President Obama shut down the national park, parks and National Mall in 2013 is a real hardship for the American people.”
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“The Trump administration is trying to handle this differently. They've gone to great lengths as much as they can to protect Americans access…”
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“We're just simply trying to get the government open. And that's why the nonpartisan clean CR was the obvious vehicle to do that.”
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“The Democrats caused this shutdown.”
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“Some of the mainstream media outlets aren't even covering it right now.”
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“The White House has been renovated many times over the years.”
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“The British burned [the White House] down practically in 1814, and then they rebuilt it in the early 1820s.”
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“President Trump's going to add the greatest improvement to the White House in the history of the building since it was originally…”
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“He's using private funds to [add a ballroom to the White House].”
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“Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are scared that they're going to lose their jobs.”
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