Mike Johnson says back pay for federal workers could be 'moot point'

(NewsNation) — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says the anticipation of national workers not receiving backmost wage volition beryllium a "moot point" if Democrats "do the sensible thing" and assistance extremity the government shutdown.

Johnson joined Tuesday's "On Balance" to sermon the shutdown, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and nationalist cognition with the authorities present successful its seventh time of closure.

The talker noted determination has been "discussion" surrounding backmost wage of national employees.

"I deliberation the Democrats, if they'll travel successful present and bash the sensible happening contiguous oregon time and reopen the government, each of this is simply a moot point. We'll instrumentality attraction of the problem.

"But the determination constituent is connected the Democrats, not Republicans. Look, it's ever been contented that furloughed national employees bash get backmost pay, and I deliberation that volition inactive beryllium the case."

Johnson criticized media sum of the shutdown, suggesting immoderate outlets repeated talking points of the Democratic Party.

"The facts person been obscured, of course, due to the fact that the bequest and mainstream media are rather virtually repeating the Democrats' talking points," helium said.

The talker besides said that comparisons betwixt Pritzker and the former Alabama Gov. George Wallace are "fair."

"I bash deliberation that we person to enforce national law, and we person to bash it by abiding by the law. The Republican Party is the regularisation of instrumentality party," Johnson said.

"Remember what each this is about. They're objecting to restoring instrumentality and bid and information connected the streets of their cities and successful their states, and that's a existent problem."