House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday shot back at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over an accusation that their party is “sitting on the sidelines” during the shutdown fight and as subsidies under the Affordable Care Act are set to expire.

“Well, bless her heart, that's an absurd statement," Johnson told CNN's Kaitlan Collins when asked about Greene's remarks.

"Obviously, these conference calls are monitored by media, so we're not going to have actual strategy discussions on a line where you have hundreds of people listening in,........

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