House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday that Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer D-N.Y., is “terrified” about his political future.
That’s why, Johnson claimed, Schumer is continuing to vote against a funding measure to reopen the federal government.
Johnson told reporters at the briefing that it wasn’t long ago when Schumer voted in March to support similar stopgap funding and said the potential consequences of a shutdown were worse than the short-term budget option.
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