Hakeem Jeffries has publicly challenged the Republican Speaker, Mike Johnson, for a live debate on the ongoing shutdown situation. Guess who’s going to hide behind the white wall again?
The “great” United States of America has just slipped into its first full week of government shutdown after it failed to get Democratic support in the Senate on a “clean” stopgap spending bill crafted entirely by Trump’s party, ignoring the Democrats’ demand for an extension of tax credits for the Affordable Care Act’s health care marketplace. On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson declared this week a district work week, meaning the House will not return for votes.
