Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday he “hopes” planes don’t begin dropping from the sky as the government shutdown stretches on.

“We had one senior Democrat staffer say we’re not going to open up the government until planes start falling out of the sky,“ the Wisconsin senator told Maria Bartiromo in an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures. “God, I hope that doesn’t happen.”

The MAGA Republican, 70, was referring to the air traffic controller crisis causing chaos for flyers. Air traffic controllers are resigning in droves as the shutdown has forced them to work without pay. Flights have been delayed or cancelled across the country as staffing shortages at airports have reached their highest levels since the shutdown began.

His ominous vision of “planes falling out of the sky” came as part of h

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