Speaker Johnson on Gov’t Shutdown: Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries Are Holding People Hostage for Their Services to Allow a Political Cover

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TAPPER: “So just to be clear, there‘s not going to be any negotiation at this meeting. This is just going to be you and thune and Trump telling Jeffries and Schumer, we‘re not giving you anything”

Johnson: “Look, I‘m not going to get in front of the president and tell you what what he will do. But I, I talked with him, you know, a couple of times even yesterday. And and I‘m telling you where his head is, he wants to bring in the leaders to come in and act like leaders and do the right thing for the American people. It‘s fine to have partizan debates and squabbles, but you don‘t hold the people hostage for their services to allow yourself political cover. And that‘s what Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are doing right now.”