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Washington, D.C. – Amid rising political tensions over the federal government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson directly accused Democrats of causing the administrative gridlock by failing to reach a bipartisan budget agreement.

During a press conference on Capitol Hill, Johnson asserted that the Democratic lawmakers' decision was a response to pressure from their most radical factions. “The truth is very simple and easy to state clearly: at midnight, the Democrats made good on their threat to shut down the United States government,” he declared.

The Republican leader asserted that the shutdown was entirely avoidable if the Democratic caucus had agreed to work on a joint solution. “The sad thing is that all of this was unnecessary and damaging. We find it shocking that they chose this path,” he added, noting that the consequences will be felt by thousands of families who depend on federal services.

Johnson insisted that the shutdown was a political strategy designed to satisfy the Democratic Party's "far-left base." "The simple truth is that they dragged our country into another reckless shutdown, putting their ideological interests above the well-being of the American people," he concluded.

The government shutdown, which began after the budget deadline, leaves hundreds of thousands of federal workers in uncertainty and rekindles the confrontation between Democrats and Republicans over key issues such as funding for health care for illegal immigrants, who would be paid for in trillions of dollars in taxpayer dollars.