Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted CNN’s Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju about the impending government shutdown.
The Notorious MTG was ready to give the CNN reporter all the smoke.
“We talk about the White House and the Senate,” he said. “I mean, the Democrats are clearly, they’re fine with the shutdowns. They shut down the entire country for Covid for too long and the American people suffered.”
“I promise you that most Americans aren’t too worried about the government shutting down, which is a serious problem. But that’s because the Democrats shut down the country,” he continued.
“So there have to be people here in Washington who have to understand what it feels like to be shut down, because the American people know exactly what it feels like,” he added. “They lost their businesses. They lost jobs. The kids lost almost two years of school.”
“So, I mean, it’s not like the American people don’t understand the shutdowns,” he continued. “The White House and the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, said this CR was dead on arrival. They don’t want to secure the border. So I have to get in here. I want to find a way that works. What does it have to be? No I know. I have to go in.”
An informal Twitter poll showed most conservatives don’t care if the government “shuts down.”
Poll: Are you afraid of a government “shutdown”?
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 29, 2023
Just 2.6% of the largely conservative audience who responded said they were “afraid” of the shutdown. There were nearly 1,300 votes.
On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed a “clean” interim funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. The legislation was sent to the Senate for consideration just hours before the midnight funding deadline.
The measure would maintain current levels of government spending for 45 days and includes $16 billion in disaster relief, the same amount requested by the White House in a supplemental proposal. However, it does not include aid for Ukraine or any changes to border policies.
The House overwhelmingly approved the interim bill on a bipartisan vote of 335-91, shortly after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) introduced the proposal. Ninety Republicans and one Democrat voted against it.
The move marks a significant shift in President McCarthy’s approach to funding the government, potentially putting his presidency at risk as conservative members of the House step up their threats to remove him from office.
At the same time, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced that Senate Republicans would not support the Senate’s bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) and instead postponed the plan chamber The Senate proposal would have funded the government through Nov. 17 and would include $5.99 billion in disaster relief and $6.15 billion in aid to Ukraine.
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