If President Donald Trump were a king, the government would be opened right now, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said during a press conference on the 20th day of the Democrat government shutdown.

Johnson pointed to the No Kings protests over the weekend, which he has referred to as the “ Hate America ” rally, and explained that this is what this shutdown is all about to Democrats — the sheer spectacle.

“The Democrats made crystal clear that this is about politics. The politics were on full display. The politics, the spectacle is what the mobs, the crowds, the rallies this week were all about,” he said before pointing to the great irony here.

“They called it the No Kings rally. But the great irony, of course, that he pointed out over and over was, if President Trump was a king, the

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