House Speaker Mike Johnson faced some unexpected pushback when talking to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham about the government shutdown on Tuesday night.

Speaking to Ingraham on her program, The Ingraham Angle, Johnson spruiked a popular MAGA talking point claiming that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was forcing the government to shut down for political purposes.

“He wants to give free healthcare to illegal aliens,” Johnson said, a claim President Donald Trump and his administration have repeatedly made.

Ingraham responded, telling Johnson, “He [Schumer] says that’s not true. Democrats say it’s expanding Medicaid, getting dollars back from Medicaid.“

She then added, “It leaves some room for unauthorized immigrants–I call them ‘undocumented Democrats’–but they’re unauthorized immigrants

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