House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) directly challenged Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) recent comments that he had “given up on the leadership” of Democrats, arguing that the Speaker has not genuinely attempted to negotiate an end to the ongoing government shutdown.

The exchange came during an interview on CNN with Kaitlan Collins, following Speaker Johnson’s remarks where he called Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer “irredeemable.”

Minority Leader Jeffries countered the Speaker’s claim by stating that Johnson “hasn’t even tried to sit down and negotiate with Democrats” during the shutdown. Jeffries suggested that Republicans are “completely and totally uninterested” in addressing what he terms the “Republican health care crisis,” pointing specifically to their “co

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