Mike Johnson and Brooke Rollins

House Speaker Mike Johnson (Republican, Louisiana) was on mop-up duty after Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested Republicans are as much to blame for the government shutdown as Democrats.

At a news conference on Friday, Rollins gave a candid message to Americans about the continued impasse and concerns that millions of people could soon miss out on food benefits.

“My message to America is, first, the fact that your government is failing you, right now,” said Rollins, whose department oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

She continued her ode to bipartisan responsibility, noting that “poverty is not red or blue, it is not a Republican or Democrat issue,” and........

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