House Speaker Mike Johnson was on “Fox News Sunday” to weigh in on the continued shutdown of the federal government which began on October 1st. Johnson explained that the Democrat party is intentionally keeping the government closed to support their Marxist base.Speaker Johnson pointed out Rep Jeffries dishonesty in his version of events, being a guest on the same show prior to his own appearance.“Thank you for your fact-based questions to my colleague. That was the art of distraction you just saw there. They are trying their best to distract the American people from the simple fact that they have chosen a partisan fight so that they can prove to their Marxist rising base in the Democrat party that they are willing to fight Trump and Republicans. There is no objective truth to everything he said there,” Johnson referring to Rep Hakeem Jeffries’ responses earlier on the show.“The President himself offered to Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries in the Oval Office, when I and leader Thune were sitting next to him that he would have that thoughtful debate. That is for tomorrow as soon as we get the government open,” Johnson explained the Republican effort to reach out to the Democrat party.“Open enrollment starts in November. People are already getting notices about what they may pay. I mean that is something that has to be resolved,” Bream commented.“They are eating up the clock in the month of October. They shut the government down October 1st. We had always been counting on using these using these four weeks in October to finish up those discussions. The great irony is it is they themselves that are doing it,” Johnson said.“Their counterproposal to fund the government was 1.5 trillion dollars in new spending,” Johnson said. “They wanted to claw back the elimination of fraud, waste and abuse that we took out of Medicaid to make it work better,” Johnson explained.Speaker Johnson explained that one of the reasons why healthcare costs have gone up so drastically is because of Obamacare. “The rural hospitals that are in trouble right now are not because of Republican policies. This is the legacy of what has happened under Obamacare,” Johnson said.“You just heard the leader of the Democrats in the House acknowledge that Obamacare is unaffordable,” Johnson continued.“Premiums have risen exponentially since 2010 and they’re not affordable. It was never designed to be affordable,” Johnson said of Obamacare.“Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,'” Johnson continued.Watch:WATCH: @SpeakerJohnson reacts to the worsening impact of the government shutdown, as President Trump orders Sec. Hegseth to pay troops during the shutdown. pic.twitter.com/OyqzclI4OS— Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) October 12, 2025 The post House Speaker Mike Johnson Goes Off on Democrats as He Weighs in on Schumer Shutdown (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.