House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office is turning Democrats’ own words against them, highlighting past warnings about the dangers of a government shutdown — even as Democrats now preside over one of the longest in U.S. history.
In a release Wednesday, the Louisianan’s office juxtaposed Democrats’ past statements about how a shutdown would hurt working families with the current fallout under what Republicans are calling the “Democrat Shutdown.”
Republicans argue Democrats knew exactly how damaging a shutdown would be to small businesses, veterans, and low-income families and chose to let it happen anyway for political leverage.
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