Speaker Johnson: ‘We’re Not Trying to Roll the Senate — Trying to Do the Obvious, Commonsense, Moral Thing’

Friday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) denied House Republicans were trying to gain an edge over their counterparts in the U.S. Senate.

Johnson insisted his aim was to offer a better proposal.

“Mr. Speaker, what really ticked you off about what was handed to you this morning?” guest host Brian Kilmeade said.

Johnson replied, “Well, a lot did, and I made that public. You know, it’s the process and it’s the substance of what we were sent. Let’s make this very clear, House Republicans will have no part in reopening the border and stopping illegal immigration enforcement, and that’s exactly what this piece of legislation attempts to do, it quite literally, on its face, brings to the dollar amount zero, any funding for border security. Look, Chad said it right. It was the big issue in the 2024 election. 78 million Americans voted for President