Mike Johnson absolutely does not want to talk about Jeffrey Epstein in relation to the government shutdown.

“It’s totally absurd!” the House Speaker proclaimed during a Sunday appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press. “This has nothing to do with that. It’s another red herring.”

Critics of the MAGA administration have accused Donald Trump of using the ongoing shutdown to stave off further scrutiny of his relationship with the late pedophile. Johnson rebukes that.

“The reason the government is closed is because Ch- Chuck Schumer and.. 43 of his Democrat colleagues in the Senate have decided now to vote multiple times to keep the government closed,” Johnson continued, stumbling over the Senate Minority leader’s name.

“We need them to turn the lights back on so that everyone can do their work

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