At today's House Republican leadership press briefing, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) slammed Democratic lawmakers.
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00:00That's a good day.
00:05Well, good morning, everyone.
00:07And I'm sure everyone saw the Democrats choose your fighter video.
00:12We all catch that?
00:14Well, I'm here to tell you that America and Americans chose their fighter last November.
00:21They chose to send President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance to the White House.
00:27And Americans chose Republicans to lead the U.S. House and Senate.
00:34The American people chose us to fight for lower taxes, energy dominance, and a secure border.
00:44Americans also chose us to fight for common sense.
00:49Not for hatred and lies like the Democrats are spreading.
00:53On top of spreading lies and hatred, since President Trump's return to the White House,
00:58Democrats have repeatedly embarrassed themselves and their party.
01:04Look no further than last week's joint address.
01:08Their derangement was on full display for all Americans to see.
01:14I mean, Rep. Al Green was removed from the chamber for his outlandish behavior.
01:20Multiple Democrats walked out.
01:23Now, the ones that stayed, they held up cute little signs, though.
01:27And the minority leader, he couldn't find one thing that he could support.
01:33Seriously? He couldn't find one thing that he could support?
01:37A speech that honored America and its people?
01:43Sadly, they refused to stand for a child battling cancer,
01:49a future cadet's appointment, returning the hostages home.
01:55I mean, those are horrible things to stand for, right?
01:57I would never applaud those.
01:59Democrats don't.
02:00We're talking about patriotism.
02:03We're talking about pride in our country.
02:06They can't stand for that.
02:08They're the party of hate.
02:10And they hate little kids?
02:13They hate America?
02:15Maybe Democrats should just join us in building a more prosperous nation.
02:22And then on Thursday, nearly 200 Democrats endorsed Rep. Al Green's behavior and his disruption.
02:33Then they disrupted proceedings by singing songs on the House floor.
02:38Let's be honest.
02:40Things just aren't going real well for the Democrats right now.
02:43And what do they stand or fight for?
02:46No one really knows.
02:48And don't take my word for it.
02:50One progressive Democrat said, and I quote,
02:54there was definitely frustration about the lack of guidance or plan.
02:59Another one said, and I quote,
03:01people are super pissed that we didn't get more direction from leadership.
03:06Well, be careful what you wish for.
03:09According to reports, Democratic leadership held a closed-door meeting to berate them for their behavior.
03:17We'll see if berating the members is a useful strategy.
03:21Because deranged Democrats, they have no vision, they have no plan, and they still have no leader.
03:28They need something.
03:29And since their leadership has given them no guidance,
03:34as a member of House Republican leadership,
03:39I encourage Democrats to stay the course.
03:42Keep hating.
03:44Keep doing what you're doing.
03:46Democrats hate so much of what President Trump stands for
03:51and what the American people stand for
03:53that they are willing to shut our government down.
03:57They want service members and Border Patrol agents to work without pay.
04:03Small businesses not to be able to obtain SBA loans.
04:08The Democrats want relief projects to be delayed.
04:13National parks to be closed.
04:15They want WIC to run out of funding.
04:18This is what the Democrats want.
04:20What Democrats actually want is nothing more than disruption.
04:25Democrats have become chaos agents.
04:28Democrats are deranged.
04:30Their disarray is on display for all of the American people to witness.
04:34And Americans will witness them attempt to shut the government down.
04:40And if a shutdown happens, the Democrats will own it.
04:44Just listen to what some of their members have said.
04:47One said, and I quote,
04:49I'm not voting for a CR of any length.
04:52Now, they might want to read the text before they say that
04:56because the text wasn't even out when they said that.
04:59Another said, we'd rather close down the government.
05:02And look at the House Democratic leadership letter from Friday,
05:07just filled with lies.
05:10I mean, nothing but lies.
05:12It says that this clean CR is filled with cuts.
05:18The American people are smarter than that.
05:20A clean CR, listen to it, continues to fund the government.
05:27They might need to go back and take a high school civics course.
05:31Or perhaps they're just intentionally lying or fear-mongering.
05:36I'll presume that it's the latter.
05:39But despite this, House Republicans will remain focused.
05:45We will continue to focus on fighting for common sense.
05:49We will not be distracted from delivering on the mandate for the American people.
05:56We will pass this clean CR, which freezes spending to keep the government open.
06:04It protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid,
06:09and allows ICE to continue deporting illegals.
06:16It will give the Trump administration time to secure our border.
06:21And it will give Congress time to focus on delivering on the mandate in our one big, beautiful bill.
06:28President Trump supports it, and we just heard the same from Vice President J.D. Vance this morning.
06:35I look forward to seeing Democrats explain to their constituents
06:39why they collectively want to shut the government down.
06:45It'll be an interesting week.
06:47So now, I'd like to turn it over to Representative Celeste Malloy,
06:52a member of the House Committee on Appropriations.
06:55Celeste?