Mike Johnson: “We offered a clean, non partisan cross.”

“I think that everybody needs to remember this one simple thing. From the very beginning of this whole ordeal on the Republican side, we operated in good faith. We offered a clean, non partisan cross. We were honest and transparent with the American people from the very beginning. And every single day of the shutdown, we went out and looked right into the camera with a press conference, told the American people the simple truth.” (01:49–01:52)

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