I'm really not sure why Mike Johnson chose to do this call-in show on C-Span. Perhaps the polls are showing that the public has soured on Republicans regarding this shutdown, and that a dose of PR with a display of faux empathy was warranted. If that was the plan, though, it backfired, as caller after caller berated Johnson for his ineffectiveness, his inability to guarantee the military would be paid, and his cowardice over not seating duly-elected Adelita Grijalva.

Speaker Mike Johnson heard a plea from a military family to move legislation paying active-duty forces amid the government shutdown in a remarkable televised exchange Thursday.

Johnson is already under pressure from a growing number of fellow House Republicans to pass legislation to prevent a potential missed paycheck due Oc

See Full Page