On the recordOctober 28, 2025
The president tried his best. He brought him in before all this madness started, and Chuck Schumer and (House Democratic Leader) Hakeem Jeffries effectively told him to jump in the Potomac.
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Johnson discusses Trump's attempts to engage with Democrats before the shutdown escalated.
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