Hello everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show Midday Update for Tuesday, October 14th. Happy Tuesday, folks. Well, the government is still shut down and the Marxist Democrats are still holding it hostage. Mike Johnson today speaking out, laying out the list of the demands that the Marxist Dems have in order for the government to reopen, including nearly $25 million in climate resilience

in Honduras, or $4 million for the LGBTQ plus? Take a listen to Speaker Johnson.

And they would send a half a billion dollars to liberal news outlets by refunding the corporation

for public broadcasting. It would also restore up to $5 billion of American taxpayer funds for wasteful spending for international projects.

Here's a couple of examples.

This is in their legislation, their counterproposal on the CR to keep the lights open.

This is what they want to do.

They want to spend $24.6 million of your hard-earned dollars as a taxpayer for climate resilience in Honduras.

They want to spend $13.4 million for civic engagement in Zimbabwe.

They want to send $3.9 million for LGBI Plus Democracy Grants and the Western Balkans. They want to spend

$2.9 million of your dollars for desert locust risk reduction in the Horn of Africa.

And $2 million for, quote, organizing for feminist democratic principles in Africa. We are not doing that.

Speaker Johnson, clear, concise, and composed, as opposed to his

counterpart on the Marxist Dem side, Hakeem Jeffries, who couldn't even handle a softball interview

today with CNN. Take a listen to El Hephe melting down.

No discussions.

Donald Trump has held them back from even having a meaningful engagement to try to find common ground.

You're right down the hall from Mike Johnson's office.

I know exactly where you are.

You could probably take a few steps and go knock on the door and talk to him.

Have you tried that?

Speaker Johnson hasn't been given permission to have a conversation with me or Leader Schumer, and he said as much earlier today.

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