Mike Johnson Scrambles To Clean Up Comments From Trump Official Who Told Public, 'We Have Failed You'

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Source: MEDIAite

Oct 31st, 2025, 6:01 pm


House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) found himself in an awkward moment on Friday in front of reporters, as he scrambled to clarify comments made by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, who told the public that we have failed you” amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Responding to a question about the “millions of people who stand to lose their food stamp benefits,” Rollins said, “Poverty is not red or blue, it is not a Republican or Democrat issue. It doesn’t matter who you voted for or even if you voted. If you are in a position where you can’t feed your family, and you’re relying on that $187 a month for an average family in the SNAP program, we have failed you.”

She went on to emphasize that “Republicans have voted over and over and over again to open this government so that these funds don’t stop,” and that “Democrats have said, ‘No, we are going to hold hostage the most vulnerable families in this country so that we can get our left-wing radical agenda into the government’… To that, President [Donald] Trump, Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader [John] Thune (R-SD) have said, ‘Absolutely not.'”

Johnson felt the need to clean up her comments, clarifying that “when she says, ‘We have failed you,’ she means we, the Democrats, ok? Because, as we’ve just explained, Republicans have voted 14 times to get this done. The president has pleaded with [Senator Chuck] Schumer (D-NY) and [House Minority Leader] Hakeem [Jeffries] (D-NY) to open the government, and they told them no.”

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Johnson felt the need to clean up her comments, clarifying that “when she says, ‘We have failed you,’ she means we, the Democrats, ok?

So Brooke Rollins, craven loon Secretary of Agriculture under 45, is a Democrat?

(the pretzel twisting that pathological liars go through, is endless)