No Kings Seems To Be Causing A Mental Health Crisis For Mike Johnson

Speaker Johnson has become increasingly detached from reality as the shutdown that he won't end drags on. On Friday, Johnson blamed the No Kings protest for the shutdown.

Things aren’t going great for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Republicans shut down the government on October 1. Johnson’s strategy was centered around the House passing a continuing resolution, and then trying to jam Senate Democrats using the shutdown deadline to force them to support his bill.

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Johnson’s bill doesn’t extend Obamacare subsidies and would cause health insurance premiums to skyrocket for 23 million Americans.

Democrats refused to support Johnson’s legislation, but instead of negotiating, Donald Trump and the Republicans who control the federal government, shut the government down, because they were still operating under the assumption that if the government shut down, Democrats would cave to pressure and millions of people would lose their health insurance.

The Democrats in the House and Senate have refused to budge unless the Obamacare subsidies are restored.

Trump, Johnson, and the Republicans appear not to have expected this level of resolve, which means that Mike Johnson has gotten increasingly more desperate after painting himself into a corner with a failed strategy.

Republicans won’t negotiate. They won’t reopen the government, and Johnson has had the House closed for nearly a month.

Democrats keep telling Republicans how to end the shutdown, but they won’t listen.

This week, Republicans have been claiming that Democrats won’t end the shutdown until after the No Kings protest on Saturday.

Congressional Democrats have no clue where Johnson got this idea.

Apparently, he made it up.

Read and watch below to see Johnson blame No Kings for the shutdown.