Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) simply blasted Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) because the “real bad guy” behind the most recent authorities shutdown.
Addressing the congressional stalemate throughout a Wednesday look on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the veteran Democratic legislator stated Republicans had been the one ones answerable for thwarting bipartisan price range invoice negotiations.
“The American people know the Republicans have the presidency, they have the Senate, they have the House, and the blame will be on them,” Schumer advised host Joe Scarborough. “And they will have to negotiate with us.”
“Johnson’s been the real bad guy in this,” the New York native added. “If you want to know who wanted a shutdown, there’s one sentence that proves it. Johnson had the Congress, the House, not even be in session when the shutdown occurs. How do you negotiate like that?”
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Schumer went on to conclude that the one option to clear up the price range impasse can be sitting down with Johnson, Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-S.D.), Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and President Donald Trump to hash out a compromise.
“We’re ready and willing and able to do it right now, immediately,” he stated.
Through the interview, Schumer additionally shot down accusations that Democrats had been holding the invoice hostage to safe well being advantages for undocumented immigrants, allegations his occasion has repeatedly denied.
The senator dismissed the Republican-concocted declare as a “total, absolute effing lie” crafted to cover the reality about how the GOP’s pet insurance policies gutted well being take care of hundreds of thousands of People.
“When the average American says, ‘Why the heck did I get a bill that raises my health care cost, doubles them?’ We’re going to be pointing out it’s the Republicans who did it.”
Watch Schumer’s full interview with “Morning Joe” under.
