Mike Johnson Dragged For Claiming He’s Tired Amid Shutdown | EUROtoday

As the federal government shutdown stretches into its fourth week, House Speaker Mike Johnson says he’s feeling fatigued.

The Louisiana Republican made the eyebrow-raising declare at a Tuesday press convention on Capitol Hill, telling reporters that he’s been approached by constituents who inform him, “You look so tired on TV.”

“I am so tired, because we’re not sleeping a lot,” he mentioned. “We’re working overtime.”

The Republican-held House, over which Johnson presides, hasn’t held a flooring vote since Sept. 19, some 12 days earlier than the shutdown started on Oct. 1.

Not surprisingly, Johnson’s assertion about “working overtime” when, in actuality, his precise workload has been scant amid the shutdown has drawn a heated response on-line.

“I wouldn’t be tired if I worked 20 days in four months,” she wrote on X, previously Twitter.

A variety of Democratic lawmakers shared comparable sentiments.

“Poor baby Mike is tired… How about the families who are about to lose their health insurance? How about those about to lose SNAP?” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) wrote on X. “You think they’re getting a lot of sleep Mike?”

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) additionally chimed in, writing: “Speaker Johnson means working none of the time, actually.”

The longest authorities shutdown lasted for 34 days ― from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 24, 2019 ― throughout Trump’s first time period.

Dubious claims about his exhaustion apart, Johnson has hinted that he believes the continued shutdown, which he has repeatedly blamed on Democrats, will surpass its predecessor.