Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Friday morning that Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries “seemed to be trying to set up some sort of a government shutdown,” Politico reports.
Said Johnson: “We have been negotiating in good faith, trying to get a top-line number. But so far as I know, they’ve been unresponsive the past two days or so.
”For his part, Jeffries shot back that Johnson’s comment was just “projection,” since Republicans hold all the power.