Mike Johnson blames Democrats’ ‘selfish decision’ for government shutdown

Mike Johnson, the speaker of the house He argued that the Republicans address the closure of the government and held the democrats responsible for what he described as “a very selfish decision” during an interview with the “Special Report”.

“We’re just trying to take time, Johnson said. “We’re over the process by working throughout the process. We need seven weeks.”

Johnson claimed that the House democrats prevented the ongoing decision of the GOP (CR)-a short-term financing measures to keep the right open-and instead pushed a “dirty CR”. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y.

The White House declared the closure of the government after the Senate could not pass the financing invoice

“We put a clean CR on the table, assuming that everyone will do the right thing,” Johnson said. “They rejected it. Now, as of today, they voted for the Senate Democrats – 44 – 44 of them, and proposed a dirty Cr version of Chuck Schumer.”

Republicans detonated the closure chaos and accuse the Demis of keeping the government ‘hostage’

He went further, claiming that the Democrats did not even read the bill.

“They don’t understand what they’re opening,” Johnson insisted.

The Louisiana representative burned the democrats’ proposal, saying that Trump would completely abolish the health reforms issued by the “big, beautiful bill” and add trillions of dollars for a seven -week stop.

“They want to provide health care to illegal foreigners and to take back the funds we put for all kinds of turmoil,” Johnson said. He said. “We can’t do this. We will not just do it.”

One of the provisions of Johnson emphasized, Trump said that the administration of Trump is strengthened only by ensuring that the appropriate buyers are covered.

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“For Medicaid, 2.3 million illegal buyers will be pushed from rolls because of our reforms and will save a taxpayer of $ 185 billion,” Johnson said. “Them [Democrats] I want to go back to all these people who are not suitable. “

Although the Democrats blocked the GOP financing invoice three timesJohnson claimed that the measure was not largely a partisan.

“I could have installed it with any partisan provisions,” he said. “But we didn’t do it because we work in good faith and we want our partners on the other side of the corridor to go with us, so the allocates can go and discuss all these problems. The system is working and blocking it.”

Chris Towner, a responsible Federal Budget Committee Policy Director, described the Republican proposal as “clean than a Cr you can get”.

Mike Johnson, R-La. (Through Getty Images Nathan Posner/Anatolia)

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The closure of the current government has been the first since 2018, when the federal government was closed for 35 days in the US history. When Johnson was asked how long the closing would last this time, he said he hoped for a quick solution.

“I hope it’s a short thing because that’s why real people are suffering.”