Mike Johnson

Do I want them to have no safeguards and no stumbling blocks or hurdles at all in the way of turning us into a communist country?

I don't think that's a great idea.

That's me.

So what's good for the goose is good for the gander, as they always say.

And there are some safeguards in the process that were built in a long, long time ago to prevent one party just running roughshod.

Play this clip.

Because of this nonsense, and we're so angry about it.

I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I have had it with these people.

They're playing games with real people's lives.

The theory we have right now, they have a Hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18th on the National Mall.

It's all the pro-Hamas wing and the Antifa people.

They're all coming out.

Some of the House Democrats are selling T-shirts for the event.

And it's being told to us that they won't be able to reopen the government until after that rally because they can't face their rabid base.

I mean, this is serious business hurting real people.

And I'm beyond words.

I can't believe they're actually doing this.

The Speaker's Room, Washington, D.C., October 10, 2025.

I hereby designate the period from Tuesday, October 14, 2025, through Sunday, October 19, 2025, as a district work period under Clause 13 of Rule 1.

Signed sincerely, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.