{"id":1048155,"date":"2024-09-18T19:29:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1048155"},"modified":"2024-09-18T19:29:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:29:26","slug":"breaking-house-gop-chaos-continues-as-trump-demands-mike-johnson-shut-down-the-government-if-they-dont-get-what-they-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/breaking-house-gop-chaos-continues-as-trump-demands-mike-johnson-shut-down-the-government-if-they-dont-get-what-they-want\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: House GOP Chaos Continues As Trump Demands Mike Johnson Shut Down the Government If They Don\u2019t Get What They Want"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As MAGA Mike Johnson tries and fails to pass a continuing resolution that prioritizes Trump\u2019s demands ahead of the American people, <\/em>DNC Senior Spokesperson Hannah Muldavin released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump is now demanding that the House GOP put his political interests ahead of the American people and shut down the government if Republicans don\u2019t get their way. Republicans and MAGA Mike Johnson showed us yet again today that they are more consumed with assuaging Trump with political stunts than fighting for working families \u2014 willing to cause a shutdown that even Mitch McConnell warned is \u2018politically beyond stupid\u2019 if they don\u2019t get what they want. House Republicans have once again reminded the American people of the chaos they can expect if Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Republicans are calling the shots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: As Trump <\/strong>demands MAGA Mike Johnson shut down the government<\/strong><\/a> if they don\u2019t get what he wants, a move Mitch McConnell <\/strong>calls<\/strong><\/a> \u201cbeyond politically stupid,\u201d House Republicans just failed again to pass a continuing resolution that puts Trump\u2019s demands ahead of the American people. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cHouse GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson\u2019s funding bill\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA diverse group of House Republicans torpedoed Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s (R-La.) proposal to fund the government on Wednesday<\/strong>, dealing an embarrassing blow to the GOP leader and derailing his strategy to avoid a shutdown at the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe vote outcome, nonetheless, is putting the Speaker in a bind. It leaves the path to averting a shutdown unclear, puts him in danger of disappointing former President Trump and his conference\u2019s right-flank,<\/strong> and threatens to thwart his efforts to remain GOP leader in the next Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cJohnson under pressure after House fails to pass GOP funding plan and Trump pushes shutdown\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cHouse Republicans reject their own funding bill<\/strong> with a shutdown around the corner\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHouse Republicans on Wednesday defeated their own plan<\/strong> to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month, with the party divided over the length of a short-term funding bill and what, if anything, should be attached to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was an embarrassing blow to Speaker Mike Johnson<\/strong>, R-La., who had yanked the same funding package off the floor last week amid growing GOP defections, only to watch it collapse on Wednesday in a vote that seemed doomed from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA Mike Johnson made House Republicans vote on the same legislation that he pulled just last week, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can agree on one thing: they\u2019re not really sure why. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cHouse to vote Wednesday on doomed GOP bill <\/strong>to avert government shutdown\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201cThe House is set to vote today on a short-term funding bill that won\u2019t pass. GOP lawmakers are grumbling about messaging, strategy and yearning to get back home to run for reelection. And Speaker Mike Johnson is being publicly and privately cagey about his next move, frustrating the entire House Republican Conference, which is looking for guidance about the leadership\u2019s plans.<\/strong> In fact, the GOP leadership is even in the dark at most times as to what Johnson is thinking and planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohnson is putting a bill on the floor that his entire leadership team \u2014 Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Tom Emmer of Minnesota \u2014 knows is going to fail. One House Republican lawmaker entered a meeting of GOP whips Tuesday and told us that he was \u2018going to see how well they\u2019re polishing this turd.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cJohnson’s colleagues baffled by his shutdown strategy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHouse members in both parties are perplexed about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision<\/strong> to revive a short-term government funding bill that he pulled last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if he has any sense of why Johnson is reviving the bill, told Axios, \u2018I have no idea.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy it matters: Even some Republicans are questioning Johnson’s strategic decision-making, <\/strong>with some warning that his decision to hold a vote on the measure could actually hurt him in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don’t know how he thinks it’s going to pass<\/strong> … where are the votes coming from?” said Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother House Republican, speaking on the condition of anonymity, called Johnson’s plan \u2018puzzling\u2019<\/strong> and predicted that it will frustrate some GOP lawmakers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, told reporters: \u2018There’s an old saying in Arkansas that you don’t learn nothing the second time you get kicked in the head by a mule.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House GOP\u2019s chaos continues as they follow Donald Trump and JD Vance\u2019s calls for a government shutdown unless they get their way \u2013 proving once again they cannot govern. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I would shut down the government in a heartbeat <\/strong>if they don\u2019t get it,\u2019 Trump said on the \u2018Monica Crowley Show\u2019 last week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018It should be in the bill. And if it\u2019s not in the bill, you want to close it up,\u2019<\/strong> he said. \u2018So I\u2019m not there but, you know, I have influence.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNBC<\/a>: \u201cTrump tells Republicans to shut down government <\/strong>if hard-line voter ID bill gets cut from spending bill\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFormer President Donald Trump on Tuesday said congressional Republicans should pursue a government shutdown<\/strong> if they cannot attach a hard-line voting bill to the temporary funding resolution that would keep the government open.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201c\u2026And so yeah, man, why shouldn’t we be trying to force this government shutdown fight <\/strong>to get something out of if that’s good for the American people? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A government shutdown could disrupt the lives of millions of Americans who are on the federal government payroll. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/a>: \u201cAll federal employees\u2019 pay could be disrupted during a shutdown, <\/strong>though they would receive retroactive pay once government operations resume.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressional Research Service<\/a>: \u201cAccording to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the federal workforce is composed of an estimated 2.1 million civilian workers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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