Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 860: Rep. Dusty Johnson on the Looming Government Shutdown
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) joins host Mike Slater to discuss the looming possibility of a government shutdown this week.

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) joins host Mike Slater to discuss the looming possibility of a government shutdown this week.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) stated that Senate Republicans are willing to talk about the premium tax credit, just not in the context of a government shutdown and

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) stated that Democrats “tried to introduce a trillion dollars in new spending, free health care for illegals as part of their proposal” to

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that Republicans can avoid a government shutdown by themselves because “They can get rid of the filibuster” in order to keep the government open, but they can’t expect
Leading national associations are highlighting the array of negative consequences that would befall the industries and people they represent unless the federal government avoids a shutdown.

Monday, during an appearance on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) stated that it was a “flat-out lie” for Republicans to claim they were negotiating in good faith to avoid a government shutdown.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is pushing Congress to a government shutdown because he is scared of being challenged in a primary by far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton (R-AR) theorized to Breitbart News.

Democrats are essentially threatening to shut down the government over “COVID-era giveaways,” Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) said.

President Donald Trump’s administration has vowed to enact mass layoffs in the event of a Democrat-led government shutdown. Here is what it may target.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “is going to own” the potential government shutdown, Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) said.

Congressional Democrats appear hellbent on shutting down the government to prevent a short-term extension of spending levels originally set by a Democrat president.

Democrats have “zero good reason” to shut down the government by not supporting a clean continuing resolution, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a Monday appearance on Fox News.

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Republicans have behaved as a “consistent rubber stamp” for President Donald Trump’s “extreme agenda.”

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called President Donald Trump a “lawless president,” claiming he had “been illegally withholding funds.”

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to meet with the “top four congressional leaders” at the White House on Monday, ahead of next week’s government shutdown, according to a report.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) argued that the Trump administration wants to have a government shutdown so that they can fire people and that if there is a shutdown, the blame will fall on

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that while health care is an issue in the shutdown, “there’s a much bigger issue as well,” which is “this is an administration that is prosecuting its enemies.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on whether he thinks it’s realistic to expect Republicans to undo legislation they just passed to avoid a shutdown by saying that

During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel that took place on Thursday and aired on Friday’s “Ingraham Angle,” Vice President JD Vance discussed a potential government shutdown and said, “the bill that we put out there

A senior White House official reportedly said Democrats “will pay a huge price” for the government shutdown expected to come next week, telling Politico that Republicans have no plans to negotiate with Democrats to pass their version of a stopgap spending measure.

On Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Carl Higbie Frontline,” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett responded to a question on how the White House can push more fiscal restraint by citing the threat from OMB to fire government
The White House has already instructed federal agencies to plan for mass firings if Democrats shut down the government.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CBS’s “Late Show,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that Democrats want to keep the government open while Republicans “precipitate these crises” “to destroy government” but Democrats “have no moral obligation to pay the bills for democracy’s

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) responded to questions on Democrats using the filibuster to block legislation to prevent a government shutdown by stating that “The filibuster has been used to block civil rights legislation
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) argued that Republicans will own a government shutdown because “The only thing they need to do to keep government open is just get a few votes from a handful

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Truth Social that he will not meet with Democrat minority leaders who had requested talks ahead of next week’s government shutdown deadline, writing that “no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive.”

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said it would be absolutely wrong for Democrats to shut down the government.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that President Donald Trump would not negotiate to avoid a government shutdown.

Democrat leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on Saturday sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to meet with them directly, blaming Republicans for the ongoing government funding fight and accusing the GOP of targeting healthcare programs as the September 30 deadline nears.

On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “American Agenda,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) responded to a question on whether the healthcare subsidies Democrats want in a resolution to keep the government open and avoid a shutdown covers people in the country

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Breitbart News exclusively that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is careening the nation towards a government shutdown, and labeled the impending impasse a “Schumer Shutdown.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) stated that “ICE is a rogue agency” and “unless they’re going to take away funding from ICE, which they quadrupled in the last budget, then I do not intend

Monday on “MSNBC Reports,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said Democrats will not “surrender” during the September budget battle like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did with the Republican-led budget resolution the last time.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said the Democrats in the Senate should withhold their votes to fund the government in order to extract concessions from Republicans such as removing National Guard troops from Washington,

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” DNC Chair Ken Martin argued that Democrats should shut the government down over the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. and said because “you have a fascist in the White House,”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) stated that “Democrats in the Senate, the House, everyone, all of us should be united in using everything that we can do and all of our power to stop

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Friday appeared to be annoyed with comments from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) stated that he would have preferred if Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had told Republicans “we need A., B., C., and D. for the Democratic Party

Vulnerable Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) didn’t have to wait long to get hammered for his vote to shut down the federal government. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) launched a five-figure digital ad buy Friday within hours of Ossoff’s vote

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said that “Trump absolutely understands that a shutdown would hurt him” and when there was a government shutdown in 2019, “it created a lot of leverage and power for
