Speaker Mike Johnson resorted to a barely passable stock answer when he was confronted with some embarrassing shutdown polling on MAGA-friendly network Newsmax.

Speaking on Finnerty on Monday, the Louisiana Republican was confronted with polling that stated Americans are now blaming President Trump and Congressional Republicans, rather than the Democrats, for the ongoing federal impasse.

Republicans and Donald Trump have tried to pin blame for the shutdown on the Democrats by inaccurately claiming they were prioritizing health care for undocumented immigrants, rather than a fight over retaining enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

Faced with the USA Today polling by the host, Johnson spluttered, “Well, I’m not surprised by some of those polls, because the mainstream and le

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