House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) should garnish leftist Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) taxpayer-funded salary to keep her up to date on her student loan payments, a watchdog said Thursday. 
Omar has fallen behind on her student loan payments and has attempted to “bully” federal officials over her debts, the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) alleged in a Thursday letter to Johnson. In his <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/11/Omar-Student-Loan-Letter.pdf">letter</a>, AAF President Tom Jones asked Johnson to impound Omar’s Congressional salary to pay her student loans. 
“We are writing today to share serious concerns about abuse of office and abuse of government loans by a member of the House of Representatives, Representative Ilhan Omar,” Jones wrote on Thursday in a letter shared with The Daily Wire. “It has come to AAF’s attention that Representative Omar is in collection proceedings on her federally guaranteed student loans.”
Omar, who has supported plans to cancel student loan debt, has between $15,000-$50,000 in student loan debt, according to her most recent financial <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2024/10068415.pdf">disclosure</a>. The date the loans occurred is listed as October 2005. 
“As you know, these loans are guaranteed by the United States Government and Representative Omar’s default would shift the cost of her student loans onto the U.S. taxpayer,” Jones wrote. “The fact that someone making $174,000 as a Member of Congress cannot pay their student loans is unconscionable and embarrassing.”
Omar is also reportedly attempting to pressure the Education Department over her student loan repayment, a source told AAF. 
“Adding insult to injury, there are credible claims that she is using her influence as a Member of Congress to bully the Department of Education into not collecting the past-due payments,” Jones wrote. 
Jones has filed a freedom of information request for correspondence between Omar and the Education Department to “fully understand the scale of her abuse of office.&#8221;
This request, Jones believes, may take a while because of the ongoing government shutdown. In the meantime, Jones said that Johnson should take action to ensure that Omar’s payments are made. 
“What we&#8217;re asking is the speaker to garnish our wages and impound them and to work with the Department of Education to find out how much she owes the federal government and pay that until her loans are current,” Jones told The Daily Wire. 
The letter asks Johnson to work with the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the official who stewards House operations and oversees administrative, technical, and operational needs.

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A broad coalition of business associations representing hundreds of companies as diverse as Apple and Walmart united to call on Congress Thursday to immediately reopen the government. 
The coalition <a href="https://www.businessroundtable.org/business-associations-issue-statement-on-government-shutdown">warned</a> that with each day of the shutdown, “the larger and more durable the economic damage becomes — and some of it might never be recovered.” 
Top CEOs from hundreds of major U.S. companies also warned of potential irreversible economic damage.
Representing virtually every sector of the economy, from airlines, banking, hotels, manufacturing, software, real estate, and travel, the associations estimated that the ongoing shutdown costs the nation between $10 and $15 billion in lost output per week. 
While the joint statement avoided taking a political stance, the groups urged lawmakers to “avert further economic disruption” by reopening the government immediately. The associations proposed a compromise to negotiate major policy issues in a longer-term funding package rather than a continuing resolution. 
House Democratic Minority Whip Katherine Clark <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1981030897873781156" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> why Democrats want to negotiate now rather than for a longer-term funding package. 
“I mean, shutdowns are terrible, and, of course, there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have,” Clark said in an <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sitroom/date/2025-10-23/segment/03">interview</a> with CNN last week. 
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The standoff on Capitol Hill centers on health care funding. Democrats refuse to back the Republican-led continuing resolution (CR) unless it includes an extension of ACA tax credits. The credits were established in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act and were temporarily enhanced and expanded in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans maintain that health care discussions can begin after the CR is passed. 
House Speaker Mike Johnson told The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro, “To President Trump’s great credit, he is doing everything possible to protect families and keep vital services running.” 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer disagreed. 
“Republicans own this shutdown,” said Schumer. “Every job lost, every family hurt, every service gutted is because of their decisions.”
Last week, the White House released <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/airlines-pilots-demand-action-as-democrat-shutdown-pushes-air-travel-to-the-edge/">statements</a> from leaders in the aviation industry urging Congress to reopen the federal government. 
President of NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots Pedro Leroux said, “It is indisputable that our system is less safe today than it was on Oct. 1 when the shutdown began.”
Air-traffic controllers are among the many federal workers currently working without pay. Others include government employees,  military service members, Capitol police, and thousands of third-party contractors whose payments halted when the shutdown began.  
In response, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to divert funds previously allocated for research and development to paychecks for the military. Trump also claimed an unnamed “friend” gave $130 million to pay service members. 
Next, the shutdown hits SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is projected to run out of funds on Saturday. 
“If there are any Democrats out there who care about the damage this shutdown is doing, then I have a bill at the desk,” stated Senate Majority Leader John Thune. 
The bill is “a clean, nonpartisan CR to fund WIC, SNAP, troop pay, air traffic controller pay, farm programs, housing assistance, national defense, and more.” 
Shortly after Thune’s statement, the Senate adjourned, pushing shutdown conversations to next week.

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CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins caught House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in an outright lie about the ongoing government shutdown, pushing back immediately when he claimed that Republican leaders were not engaging on the issues that might finally get the government reopened.
Collins spoke with Jeffries on Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The Source,&#8221; on the eve of the shutdown&#8217;s 30th day, and she challenged him directly on his claim that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was not willing to even sit down and &#8220;have a conversation&#8221; with him.
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: “You said that Mike Johnson isn’t willing to sit down and have a conversation. Y’all did have a phone conversation, I believe you said earlier today. Who initiated that call?”
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&#8220;You said that Mike Johnson isn’t willing to sit down and have a conversation. Y’all did have a phone conversation, I believe you said earlier today,&#8221; Collins pointed out. &#8220;Who — who initiated that call? Was that you or was that Speaker Johnson?&#8221;
&#8220;It was a call from Mike Johnson,&#8221; Jeffries admitted. &#8220;It was very brief and it wasn’t a substantive discussion in terms of finding a path forward.&#8221;
Collins pressed again, asking, &#8220;But was he calling to talk about the government shutdown?&#8221;
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&#8220;I mean, you could say that — that was in the ballpark,&#8221; Jeffries conceded her point, but then attempted to cover: &#8220;But it was a private conversation that will remain private. However, nothing meaningful came out of it, again, because Donald Trump has not given Mike Johnson permission to enter into a bipartisan negotiation.&#8221;
Jeffries then reverted to his previous talking point, claiming that Republicans had been on vacation for the last five weeks.
Collins also played a clip of Jeffries from 2013 — in which he claimed that government shutdowns caused unnecessary pain to the American people and demanded the passage of a clean continuing resolution — and then asked Jeffries whether he had changed.
&#8220;The Hakeem Jeffries of today definitively agrees with the Hakeem Jeffries of yesterday,&#8221; Jeffries claimed — despite the fact that Republicans have repeatedly offered Democrats the chance to reopen the government via a clean CR — and then attempted to explain why demanding the exact opposite now was somehow the same.
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: *Plays clip of Hakeem Jeffries from 2013 blasting a government shutdown, declaring it unnecessarily hurts Americans.*
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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the Constitution is &#8220;pretty clear&#8221; on presidential term limits, putting to rest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-third-term-talk-puts-leftists-in-a-tizzy-again">theories</a> that have been pushed recently about Trump seeking to run again in 2028.
While en route to South Korea, Trump told reporters on Air Force One, “I have my highest poll numbers that I&#8217;ve ever had, and, you know, based on what I read, I guess I&#8217;m not allowed to run.&#8221;
&#8220;I would say that if you read [the Constitution], it&#8217;s pretty clear. I&#8217;m not allowed to run. It&#8217;s too bad,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;But we have a lot of great people,&#8221; referring to the potential Republican presidential candidates waiting to take the torch from him.
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&#8220;Based on what I read, I guess I&#8217;m not allowed to run.&#8221;
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/can-trump-run-for-a-third-term-in-2028-mike-johnson-says-he-doesnt-see-the-path-192522300.html">pushed back</a> against the third-term theories on Tuesday, saying, “It&#8217;s been a great run, but I think the president knows, and he and I have talked about, the constrictions of the Constitution.”
The 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, ratified in 1951, states, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” The 22nd Amendment was ratified shortly after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms before he died in office in 1945.
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Theories about Trump running for a third term in 2028 swirled this week after former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said in an interview that &#8220;there is a plan&#8221; to create a path for Trump to run again. Trump would be 82 years old when the 2028 election takes place.
“Trump is going to be president in 2028, and people just ought to get accommodated with that,” Bannon <a href="https://x.com/TheEconomist/status/1981393309869215887">said</a> during an interview with The Economist last week. “We need him for at least one more term, and he’ll get that in 2028.”
Trump was asked about Bannon&#8217;s remarks earlier this week and told reporters that he &#8220;would love&#8221; to run in 2028. Trump&#8217;s and Bannon&#8217;s comments sparked rage and trepidation among political commentators on the Left. Some leftists have also argued that Trump&#8217;s tearing down the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom is evidence that he plans on staying in office past January 20, 2029.
The president has hinted at a potential 2028 run multiple times in recent months, but has also stated that the idea &#8220;is not something I&#8217;m looking to do.&#8221; Trump&#8217;s official store also sells &#8220;Trump 2028&#8221; hats, keeping alive fears that he could run. But all of the third-term talk appears to just be talk, or possibly a ruse to troll Democrats. Political <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/trump-third-term-politics.html">analysts</a> have also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/president-trump-third-term-2028">suggested</a> that Trump and his allies are keeping third-term theories alive to prevent Trump from becoming a lame-duck president, which could hinder his agenda as he gets closer to the end of his term.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Sunday on the widespread &#8220;no kings&#8221; protests that took place across the United States a day earlier, saying that President Donald Trump was far from the authoritarian &#8220;king&#8221; Democrats were claiming that he was.
Johnson joined host Jonathan Karl on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; to discuss a wide range of topics, from the ongoing government shutdown to the protests — some of which were attended by high-profile elected Democrats — and he argued that if Trump were behaving like a king, the government shutdown would not still be in effect.
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“If President Trump was a king, the government would be open right now. If President Trump was a king, they would not have been able to engage in that free speech exercise,” Speaker Johnson tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> following the nationwide “No Kings” protests. <a href="https://t.co/wiTLxsYRmW">https://t.co/wiTLxsYRmW</a> <a href="https://t.co/AIDORW7u64">pic.twitter.com/AIDORW7u64</a>
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&#8220;Let&#8217;s start with the &#8216;no kings&#8217; rallies,&#8221; Karl jumped right in after introducing Johnson. &#8220;You called these &#8216;Hate America rallies,&#8217; what do you mean by that?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, that collection of folks that I listed were certainly part of it. We congratulate them on an apparently violent free speech exercise. I was a First Amendment lawyer for 20 years, we defend that right — but the irony of the message is pretty clear for everyone. If President Trump was a king, the government would be open right now. If President Trump was a king, they would not have been able to engage in that free speech exercise out on the mall, by the way, which was open because President Trump hasn&#8217;t closed it,&#8221; Johnson replied, taking aim at former President Barack Obama, who did close outdoor monuments when the government shut down under his leadership.
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&#8220;In the last shutdown, 2013-era, President Obama closed the National Mall,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He closed all the national parks, didn&#8217;t allow people to engage in all this.&#8221;
&#8220;So it&#8217;s — they needed a stunt, they needed a show. Chuck Schumer has — needs cover right now, he&#8217;s closed the government down because he needs political cover and this was part of it,&#8221; Johnson concluded,
Schumer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-think-you-caved-schumer-gets-an-absolute-grilling-on-the-view">faced backlash</a> from within his own party during the last shutdown battle, largely because he voted with Republicans and said that it was more important to keep the government open than to score a few political points.

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After Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on a CNN town hall to discuss the government shutdown—and repeatedly attacked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) while issuing demands for President Donald Trump to meet—Johnson fired back, “With every ounce of Christian character that I can muster &#8230; bless her heart.”
Ocasio-Cortez accused Johnson of “choosing to punish the American people,” declaring that she would not “enable it by acquiescing and enabling the behavior of bullies.” She added, “So it ends today,” and warned, “If I were Mike Johnson, you should be in that office negotiating with Hakeem Jeffries every damn day until we reopen this government.” Ocasio-Cortez also demanded, “I will not accept a measly one-year extension of the ACA,” and argued that “health care is a human right &#8230; the minimum wage should be a living wage in this country &#8230; [and] public colleges and universities should be tuition-free.”
“Does AOC, does she have both oars in the water here, thinking that the president is going to bow down to these demands?” Fox News’ Laura Ingraham asked Johnson.
“With every ounce of Christian character that I can muster, Laura, let me just say, bless her heart,” Johnson replied. “This would be comical if it were not so dangerous. You’re looking at the two leaders of the modern Democratic Party. We say all the time, ‘This is not your father‘s party.’ It’s not. These guys are full Marxists. You hear how vapid their ideology is; what empty suits they are.”
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“But they are the leaders of the party,” he continued. “They are dragging the rest of the old guard, the old party leaders, around by the nose, and they are subservient to their wishes. Chuck Schumer has picked a fight over this very simple clean CR to just keep the government funded for 21 additional days, till November 21, seven more weeks, so we can get this appropriations process done. And the reason he did it is because he’s afraid of that voice you just heard on that stage. He’s afraid AOC  is going to challenge him.”
“There’s a rise of Marxism in the party; it’s happening in New York, in their state, and he’s terrified. That’s why everybody around the country is feeling such pain right now, because of this nonsense,” he concluded.
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🚨“Bless her heart.”
“This would be comical if it weren’t so dangerous. <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> and her fellow Marxists are dragging the Democratic Party into chaos while Schumer panics to keep his job.” — <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerJohnson</a> <a href="https://t.co/DdGQ3pAcfN">pic.twitter.com/DdGQ3pAcfN</a>
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Wednesday <a href="https://x.com/AmberJoCooper/status/1978559530712887604">addressed</a> the ongoing government shutdown, calling Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer a &#8220;loser.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a Democrat Schumer shutdown and he’s trying to do it to get relevance back into the party because he’s a loser,&#8221; Trump said during an Oval Office press conference.
The president added that he has known Schumer &#8220;all his life.&#8221;
&#8220;He’s always been sort of a loser — but an intelligent one. I think he’s losing IQ points with time,” he continued.
Trump said that he hopes not to follow Schumer down this path, but added that, if it did, he’s confident the media would be quick to report it.
As of Wednesday, the government shutdown had entered its 15th day, with no indication of ending any time soon. In the afternoon, the Senate voted again to block the House-passed continuing resolution to reopen the government.
The vote was 51-44. The resolution needs 60 votes to pass.
Before the vote on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said if necessary, they would vote again on Thursday.
There is growing speculation that the shutdown may not end until after the nationwide “No Kings” protests scheduled for this Saturday.
The protest is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-johnson-says-dems-wont-end-shutdown-until-after-no-kings-protest-internal-docs-show-he-may-be-right?author=Amber+Jo+Cooper&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mike+Johnson+Says+Dems+Won%E2%80%99t+End+Shutdown+Until+After+%E2%80%98No+Kings%E2%80%99+Protest.+Internal+Docs+Show+He+May+Be+Right.">reportedly</a> described as a “peaceful national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson told <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1976625782077227332">Fox News</a> that Democrats are holding off until then, and he &#8220;can&#8217;t believe they&#8217;re actually doing this.&#8221;
&#8220;They have a Hate America rally scheduled for Oct. 18 on the National Mall. It&#8217;s all the Pro-Hamas wing, the Antifa people, they&#8217;re all coming out,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;It&#8217;s being told to us that they won&#8217;t be able to reopen the government until after that rally because they can&#8217;t face their rabid base.&#8221;

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Amir Ohana, are partnering on a campaign to collect support for a Nobel Peace Prize for President Donald Trump.
Johnson and Ohana announced the initiative this week following the president’s whirlwind trip to the Middle East. On Monday, Trump was in Israel to mark the homecoming of hostages from Gaza, and in Egypt to lead a summit for peace in the Middle East.
“We&#8217;re going to embark upon a project together to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so that we will jointly nominate President Donald J. Trump for next year&#8217;s Nobel Peace Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more, and that is an objective fact,” said Johnson on Tuesday. “Under his leadership, we are witnessing the dawn of a new golden age, not just for America, but for the entire free world.”
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Today, we proudly announced that Speaker of the Israeli Knesset Amir Ohana and I are undertaking a new joint effort to rally Speakers and Presidents of Parliaments around the world to join us in nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026.
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On Monday, ahead of Trump’s speech before the Knesset, Ohana <a href="https://x.com/AmirOhana/status/1978203307178106897">referred</a> to Trump as a “colossus who will be enshrined in the pantheon of history” and a friend to the Jewish people the likes of which has not been seen in thousands of years.
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The two speakers’ campaign seeks to add to an already growing list of international diplomats and world leaders who have endorsed Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, including Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The government of Pakistan has nominated Trump for the award as well.
Across two terms in the White House, Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pax-trumpana-trumps-resume-for-winning-the-nobel-peace-prize">intervened</a> in eight conflicts to broker ceasefires or peace agreements, the latest of which is the ceasefire struck between Israel and Hamas. U.S. diplomacy and mediation secured the release of the remaining 20 living hostages from the terror group Hamas. The hostages returned to Israel on Monday.
The president also created a framework that has received widespread backing across the Middle East, including from Israel and many Arab and Muslim countries, to create a pathway for Palestinian self-determination. Trump&#8217;s record in the Middle East builds off that of his first term when his administration orchestrated the Abraham Accords to normalize relations between Israel and the Arab world.

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WASHINGTON—With the government shutdown showing no signs of ending, House Speaker Mike Johnson told The Daily Wire that Democrats are &#8220;wandering in the wilderness,&#8221; without a leader or policy platform.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s the leaders of these radical leftist groups that are leading Chuck Schumer around as if he has a nose ring,&#8221; Johnson said in a Friday interview with Republican lawmakers.
“They don&#8217;t have a platform they can run on. They don’t have a policy that is palatable to the American people. They were roundly refuted, of course, in the last election, and they&#8217;re wandering in the wilderness.&#8221;
“When you don&#8217;t stand for something, you fall for anything,&#8221; Johnson added. &#8220;And that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re seeing right now.&#8221;
Johnson also said he doesn’t believe Democrats have an “identified leader,&#8221; referencing former President Donald Trump’s October 7<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnRQP628zfM" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> press conference</a>, where he claimed the party has “no leader.”
Johnson challenged Democrats to name the leader of their party, stating: “I don’t think they can — they don’t have one.”
The Speaker said he believes that the &#8220;most radical fringe voices in the party&#8221; took over during President Joe Biden’s administration, whom he described as “personally checked out.&#8221;
&#8220;I think they guided and pushed so many of the decisions of that administration, and I think they&#8217;re feeling empowered,&#8221; Johnson said.
While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer supported a continuing resolution earlier this year in March, Johnson pointed to the Senate New York Democrat&#8217;s recent reversal.
Schumer has been objecting to the House&#8217;s resolution over healthcare provisions, with a proposal<a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/more-lies-from-johnson-and-gop-leader-schumer-debunks-gop-lies-and-deception-amid-trump-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> he said</a> &#8220;aims to reverse the Republicans’ devastating cuts to Medicaid and extend the [Affordable Care Act] tax credits.”
&#8220;The party tried to descend upon the head of Chuck Schumer in March, when he voted the right way to keep the government open, and he is no longer willing to submit to that pain, and so he&#8217;s going to inflict pain on everybody else,” Johnson said.
Johnson warned that it is “dangerous” for the American people and the country to have “the most radical fringe groups in America guiding policy for one of the two major parties.”
The Daily Wire also spoke with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who made it clear where he thinks Democratic leadership is headed.
&#8220;Mamdani is about to become the leader of the party. I mean, there&#8217;s no doubt, he is speaking for the core of the new far-left base of the Democrat party,&#8221; Scalise said.
Scalise was referencing Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and frontrunner in the New York City mayoral race who has<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-campaign-caught-in-foreign-donation-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> reportedly</a> faced criticism over nearly $13,000 in foreign contributions that may breach campaign finance laws.
Scalise went on to say that the power center of the party has shifted firmly to the socialist Left.
“They&#8217;re either endorsing him or quietly meeting with him, but there is not a single prominent Democrat who&#8217;s denounced the vile things he said about Israel, about [the] October 7 attacks from Hamas two years ago, any of that because they&#8217;re scared to death of him, because he&#8217;s about to be the leader of their party.&#8221;
Johnson pointed out that while some say this is great news for Republicans because they now have a &#8220;foil,&#8221; it’s still “terribly dangerous for the future of our country to have a rise of actual open Marxists now being elected to office.&#8221; Johnson also stressed that it’s “something that we’ve got to confront head on.”
Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger also pointed to a glaring absence of Democratic leadership, asking, “Where are the veterans who served standing up to say, ‘enough is enough’?”
He pressed further by questioning why Democrats with military backgrounds, or those with family members serving, aren’t stepping forward to say the same.
&#8220;Why are we not doing the right thing? It&#8217;s because they&#8217;re caving and bowing down to this radical side that has shown that they have the aptitude for violence, that has shown that they have a desire for an anarchist mentality, and it&#8217;s really dangerous,&#8221; Pfluger said.
Pfluger argued that Democrats have made a critical miscalculation regarding President Trump.
&#8220;What a contrast between what they&#8217;re doing, which is obstructing any and all prosperity and security measures that the United States can take, and here&#8217;s President Trump, who&#8217;s jumping in, and he&#8217;s closing a major and historic peace deal in the Middle East, bringing together so many different countries and solving an issue that nobody else can solve,&#8221; Pfluger said.
Despite ongoing obstruction from the “radical Left,” Pfluger said the president is relentlessly pushing forward.
He believes Democrats “miscalculated” the government shutdown because Trump “just keeps on going,” making progress on the agenda “that the American people so desperately elected him to do.”
Scalise said Republicans will continue to work to “get the facts out — whether the mainstream media covers it or not.”
“We&#8217;re going to keep fighting and glad President Trump is continuing to do his job, despite the Democrats trying every day to block everything he does,” Scalise said.
Another vote for the Senate to pass the House-passed continuing resolution to reopen the government is expected to take place Tuesday evening, around 5:30 p.m.

Mike Johnson 9/10/25

Speaker Johnson Says Dems Are ‘Wandering In The Wilderness’ With No Leader And No Platform

Steve Scalise

House Speaker Mike Johnson unloaded on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer during a Sunday morning interview, saying that the New York Senator was being intentionally dishonest about which party was driving the ongoing government shutdown.
Johnson joined anchor Shannon Bream on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; to discuss the shutdown and whether or not the end was in sight, and he argued that Schumer was allowing the federal government to stay closed in order to protect himself from the backlash he got for moving to keep the government open and avert the last potential shutdown in March.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerJohnson</a> on the Democrat shutdown: &#8220;Chuck Schumer, when he voted for the EXACT SAME measure back in March, took a lot of heat from the left of his party, and he doesn&#8217;t want to sustain that any longer. So, he&#8217;s doing this and inflicting pain for his own selfish reasons.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ZN8YS74p0C">pic.twitter.com/ZN8YS74p0C</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1977378948355891452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Johnson first responded to Schumer&#8217;s repeated claims that Republicans could reopen the government any time they wanted to because they controlled the House, the White House, and the Senate.
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&#8220;Chuck Schumer is incapable of telling the truth right now,&#8221; Johnson began. &#8220;I mean, he&#8217;s been in Congress for 44 years, Shannon, I mean almost half a century. He knows this is basic civics. Every eighth grade civics student can point out the fallacy in what he just said. It requires 60 votes in the Senate to get this through. We only have 53 Republicans. We&#8217;ve got to have a handful of Democrats in the Senate who apply common sense and agree to reopen the government so that we can continue all these discussions.&#8221;
Johnson went on to point out that the Continuing Resolution on the table – which would reopen the government temporarily and has already been passed by the House — would keep the current levels of spending as they are and give Congress time to negotiate any changes.
&#8220;We just need seven more weeks to finish it, and right now they&#8217;re eating up the clock. They&#8217;re doing this for political cover,&#8221; Johnson explained. &#8220;Chuck Schumer, when he voted for the EXACT SAME measure back in March, took a lot of heat from the left of his party, and he doesn&#8217;t want to sustain that any longer. So, he&#8217;s doing this and inflicting pain for his own selfish reasons.&#8221;

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Mike Johnson Unloads On Schumer, Says Senate Dem Is ‘Inflicting Pain For His Own Selfish Reasons’

Mike Johnson Unloads On Schumer, Says Senate Dem Is 'Inflicting Pain For His Own Selfish Reasons'

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SHUTDOWN UPDATES: Firings Begin, Trump Vows To Protect Military Pay

JD Vance

With just hours to go before the looming government shutdown is expected to kick in, a poll by The New York Times suggests that most voters would actually prefer to see Democrats in Congress get to work and find a way to avoid it.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a screenshot of a single poll question asking 1,075 voters which of the following statements “came closest” to an accurate representation of their opinion on the matter.
“New York Times Poll: 65% of Americans say, ‘the Democrats should not shut down the government, even if their demands are not met,’” Leavitt’s caption read.
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65% of Americans say, “the Democrats should not shut down the government, even if their demands are not met.” <a href="https://t.co/x3CFjzqgm6">pic.twitter.com/x3CFjzqgm6</a>
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1973024518424743946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The first choice read, “The Democrats should shut down the government if their demands are not met” — and just over one-fourth (27%) of respondents selected that answer. The second, which was chosen by 65% of respondents, read, “The Democrats should not shut down the government, even if their demands are not met.” Just under one-tenth (7%) of respondents did not choose one of the two options.
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Trump’s team shared the same data in graphic form:
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🚨 POLL: 65% of Americans say Democrats SHOULD NOT shut down the government <a href="https://t.co/9schOzvYfV">pic.twitter.com/9schOzvYfV</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1973027165739643068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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House Democrats are all-in on the imminent shutdown, and even shared a group photo celebrating their refusal to come to the table. “House Democrats are in DC and ready to cancel the cuts, lower the costs, save health care,” the caption claimed.
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House Democrats are in DC and ready to cancel the cuts, lower the costs, save health care. <a href="https://t.co/vnNRqGD3NS">pic.twitter.com/vnNRqGD3NS</a>
— House Democrats (@HouseDemocrats) <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseDemocrats/status/1972828851442204762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who proved to be the weak link in the last shutdown standoff, has made it clear that he does not intend to budge this time. Indeed, after he argued that it was more important to make sure that the government was funded and people were paid — a position that the NYT poll suggests voters share — Schumer took a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-already-happening-abcs-the-view-is-in-absolute-panic-mode-over-schumer-caving-on-cr">wave of backlash</a> from within his own party for giving Republicans a win. That experience, coupled with an increasingly likely primary from someone further to the left — possibly from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — has apparently galvanized Schumer to stand his ground in the current fight.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said as much on Tuesday, arguing that Schumer didn’t care if he was blamed for the shutdown because the optics were better for him if he was.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderJohnThune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LeaderJohnThune</a>: &#8220;Politically speaking, Chuck Schumer needs a Schumer Shutdown&#8230; This is a made-up problem by the Democrats, who desperately need to satisfy a political base that is hostile to Donald Trump&#8230; This doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with health care.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/BwNdzwqJtn">pic.twitter.com/BwNdzwqJtn</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1973012686796623956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“I&#8217;m going to tell you, just in the Senate at least, politically speaking, Chuck Schumer needs a Schumer Shutdown,” Thune said. “And I think that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re probably careening toward. But it&#8217;s up to the Democrats. This bill — this 24 pages is sitting at the desk in the Senate right now. It could be picked up and passed, the government stays open, and we complete our appropriations work.”
“They have the same leverage on November the 21st that they have right now,” Thune said of the Democrats, adding, “&#8230; This is a made-up problem by the Democrats, who desperately need to satisfy a political base that is hostile to Donald Trump. That&#8217;s what this is about &#8230; This doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with health care.”

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As Dems Prepare To Force A Government Shutdown, Poll Suggests The People Aren’t Falling In Line

As Dems Prepare To Force A Government Shutdown, Poll Suggests The People Aren't Falling In Line

Karoline Leavitt

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