House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is firing back at Democrats in Washington, accusing them of dragging out the government shutdown instead of working with Republicans to keep the country running. Speaking candidly at his daily Capitol press conference, Johnson didn’t mince words.
“The Democrats, incredibly, are showing no signs at all that they want to end their shutdown,” Johnson said Thursday.
Johnson has made it clear that he’s given Senate Democrats every possible chance to act responsibly and pass the House funding bill. But according to the Speaker, the Left seems more interested in political theater than in protecting the American people from the fallout of a shutdown.
“Now, they’ll have another opportunity today,” he said. “The Democrats in the Senate will have their 15th opportunity to do the right thing. We’re concerned that they won’t, and if they reject this for the 15th time, they will be ensuring that this shutdown continues past the Nov. 1 deadline.”
