After Congressman Mike Johnson was elected by House Republicans as their next Speaker, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement:
“After weeks of partisan squabbles, abandoning our allies under attack, and pushing us dangerously close to a government shutdown – Republicans have chosen a MAGA acolyte to push an extreme agenda in the House at the expense of middle-class families.
“If so-called Republican moderates were at all serious about making life better for everyday Americans, they would have worked with Democrats to find a bipartisan path forward. Instead, they abandoned the American people for Mike Johnson’s extreme agenda to pass a national abortion ban, defund law enforcement, and slash Social Security and Medicare.
“They made their choice. And voters will make theirs next year when they reject Republican extremism and help Democrats take back the majority.”
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