Democrats are essentially threatening to shut down the government over “COVID-era giveaways,” Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) said during an interview on Breitbart News Daily .
Johnson referred to the impending possible government shutdown as “the stupidest shutdown,” explaining that Republican requests have been made crystal clear.
“We don’t have a deal yet. [If] we don’t get a deal by tomorrow, the government shuts down tomorrow,” he said, referring to September 30 at midnight.
“[The] President [is] saying, ‘Hey, listen, let’s finish the deal. Let’s have a short term pause button for six or seven weeks, November 21.’ Democrats are not willing to do that. Instead, because they can’t get all their demands immediately, Chuck Schumer says they’re going to shut it all down,” the congressman sa