Democrat demands to reopen the government include $3.9 million for LGBTQI+ democracy grants in the Western Balkans, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) revealed on Tuesday on the 14th day of the Democrat government shutdown.
“Welcome to day 14 of the Democrat government shutdown. It ‘s two weeks … of Democrats in Congress inflicting untold pain on the American people for nothing other than pure politics, as we’ve explained at this podium every day of the shutdown,” Johnson said.
Johnson has repeatedly explained that Republicans put forth a clean continuing resolution (CR) to effectively “keep the lights on,” but Democrats have rejected it several times, despite being in favor of it in the past. Democrats ar