House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed Friday that President Trump’s call for Republicans to end the Senate’s legislative filibuster and force a resolution to the monthlong government shutdown was just an “expression of the president’s anger.”

“He is as angry as I am, and the American people are about this madness,” the speaker said during a press conference alongside Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. “And he just desperately wants the government to be reopened so that all these, these resources can flow to the people who need it so much.

“I’ll just say this in general, as I’ve said many times about the filibuster, it’s not my call. I don’t have a say in this. It’s a Senate chamber issue,” he added.

“But the filibuster has traditionally been viewed as a very important safeguard.

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