Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Tuesday accused border talks of “negotiating with arsonists.”
“I don't like government shutdowns,” Johnson said in an interview with “The Hill on NewsNation” on Tuesday. “The main problem we have is [these] Negotiation means, in effect, that we are trying to negotiate with the arsonist and negotiate how to put out the fire he started. ”
“That's a big problem,” Johnson continued. “So we have a government, we have a president of the United States.[s] Open borders caused this problem. ”
On Monday, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), the lead Republican negotiator on the border deal, said it was unlikely a bill would be introduced this week.
“We have made a lot of progress. While passing through all areas [and] Trying to write and making sure everyone is on board takes a long time…I wanted that. That’s not going to happen,” Lankford said in response to a question about the possibility of the document being released during Wednesday’s Senate Republican special session on border negotiations. “There are still many unresolved issues. There are too many unresolved issues.”
Mr Lankford said it was “likely” the documents would be filed next week.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) recently announced that House Republicans will not shut down the government over border spending, following a recent threat from fellow Congressman Chip Roy (R-Texas). said.
Johnson appears to be trying to allay concerns about Roy's recent threat to put government funding legislation on hold until Democrats and President Biden agree on HR2 on border security and asylum reform.
Asked about Roy's threat, Johnson said Roy was not threatening to shut down the government.
“Chip is one of my closest friends and colleagues. I spoke to him last night and that's not what he meant to say,” Johnson said on Friday on Platform X, formerly known as Twitter. He said this in a posted clip from CBS's “Face the Nation.”
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