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Mike Johnson: “We didn't allow that to happen because I'm more responsible…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins CNN's The Source with Kaitlan Collins

Published | Video Starts at 08:45

Indeed. As a constitutional lawyer, do you think you would be okay if a government shutdown happened under President Biden and he canceled programs unilaterally because of it? We didn't allow that to happen because I'm more responsible than that. When the Republicans were in the minority, we delivered the votes to keep the government open. because we don't want to hurt the American people. Chuck Schumer has made the decision unilaterally. He's the leader of the Democrats in the Senate to keep the government shut down for his own personal reasons. (08:45–08:52)

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Asserts that Republicans delivered votes to keep the government open when they were in the minority.

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