House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) showed his southern roots when he was asked at a Tuesday press conference to respond to a Democratic colleague who had called him a “liar” and said that he was “full of s***.”
The exchange began late last week, and the point of contention was a top-line number for the next funding agreement that must be reached by March 14 to avoid a government shutdown. When no such number was reached, Johnson suggested to reporters that was intentional.
“Leader Jeffries and others seem to be trying to set up some sort of government shutdown,” he said. “We were negotiating in good faith and trying to get the top-line number, but so far as I know, they’ve been sort of unresponsive the last two days or so. So I hope we can get back to it.”
“First of all, he’s full of s***. He’s a liar. And he’s a total shill for Donald Trump and Elon Musk,”…
