Fox News Reporter Calls Out Speaker Johnson for Blaming Shutdown on Dems: Doesn’t That Mean ‘You Don’t Have the Votes?’
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Fox's Chad Pergram was not buying Speaker Mike Johnson's preemptive blaming of Congressional Democrats if a CR spending bill fails to pass a House vote.

Summary

Fox News reporter Chad Pergram challenged Speaker Mike Johnson for blaming Democrats for a potential government shutdown over funding bill opposition.

After Johnson claimed Democrats would be “responsible for every troop who misses a paycheck” if they reject his “clean CR,” Pergram pointed out this implies Republicans lack sufficient votes.

Johnson insisted “we’ll have the votes” despite reports that House Republicans plan to vote against the bill, claiming Democrats should “do the responsible thing.”

  • ceenote@lemmy.world
    52·
    1 day ago

    “We refused to negotiate with them and filled the CR with Republican amendments, but if Democrats and 2 Republicans don’t vote for it then the shutdown is the Democrats fault!”

    If a human being can be that dishonest and still convince himself he’s a good person, maybe our species never had much of a chance.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      15·
      1 day ago

      but if Democrats and 2 Republicans. Republicans have the majority. This has absolutely nothing to do with Democrats.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      If a human being can be that dishonest and still convince himself he’s a good person, maybe our species never had much of a chance.

      We’re not there, when he looks in the mirror. Evil politics takes a toll on all. From his perspective, "God watches us all’.

      Also, have faith, fellow mammal. We’re a work in progress, generationally.

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