Mike Johnson Puts On A Clinic In Shredding Chuck Schumer As Schumer Shutdown Enters Second Week

Posted • October 8, 2025: We are one full week into the Schumer Shutdown, with Democrats flashing the "blame Trump" card to try and absolve themselves of their very prominent role in shutting the government down and keeping it shut down. The sticking point for Senate Democrats, of course, is an insistence on taxpayer-funded health insurance for illegal immigrants, something they falsely claim is not something the federal government funds. There is also the issue of extending the "extra" Obamacare tax subsidies beyond the end of 2025, when they are set to expire. Democrats are openly calling for this and say they won't budge until they get a firm agreement from Republican Congressional leaders and President Trump that the more "generous" version put in place in 2021 during the COVID pandemic will be extended. "If President Trump and Republicans are finally ready to sit down and get something done in healthcare for American families, Democrats will be there, ready to make it happen," Sen Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) proclaimed on Monday.

As House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) sees it, though, the Obamacare subsidies debate is a different one that can be hashed out separately once Senate Democrats relent over the "clean" continuing resolution the GOP-controlled House sent to the upper chamber on September 19th. Johnson, in fact, has been tearing into Schumer repeatedly over the last week during daily press conferences, where he repeatedly reminds the media that this shutdown was brought on by the same guy who, seven months ago - when explaining his vote for the CR, said a government shutdown was bad for America: "They HATE Donald Trump! They have Trump Derangement Syndrome! It's very real!" […] Speaker Johnson: “Chuck Schumer has been in Congress for 44 years." - "He was first elected to the House in 1981. Just for reference, I was 9 years old. I was in the third grade when Chuck Schumer came here to Congress.” (…)

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