Mike Johnson: Democrats Demanding 'Crazy Leftist Policy Proposals' Amidst Government Shutdown
Forbes Breaking NewsNovember 7, 20252 min9,908 views
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- π― Democrats are accused of causing the current government shutdown through their policy demands.
- π‘ The speaker claims Democrats have made numerous TikTok videos and rallied with communists and socialists.
- β οΈ Democrats are blamed for voting to raise taxes on Americans and against reducing government waste.
Republican Proposal for Funding
- π Republicans passed a clean short-term continuing resolution (CR) over a month ago, described as nonpartisan and without gimmicks.
- π€ This clean CR was intended to preserve negotiation ability on full funding bills and keep the government operational.
- π« Democrats rejected the clean CR, breaking from historical precedent.
Democratic Counter-Proposal
- π° Democrats offered a "dirty CR" that included $1.5 trillion in new spending.
- πΈ This spending would mandate hundreds of billions for healthcare for illegal aliens and restore funding for left-wing pet projects abroad.
- πΊ Half a billion dollars was proposed for liberal news outlets like NPR and PBS, funded by taxpayers.
- π₯ Democrats also sought to eliminate $50 billion allocated to prop up rural hospitals.
Democratic Disagreement
- π§© It is asserted that Democrats cannot agree among themselves on what is needed to reopen the government.
- π£οΈ A unified answer on reopening the government would not be achieved if congressional Democrats were polled.
- β Reporters are encouraged to ask Democrats about their specific demands for reopening the government.
- π§© The Democratic proposal is characterized as a haphazard "grabbag" of leftist policy demands, made with the knowledge that Republicans were working responsibly on a clean CR.
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