Speaker Mike Johnson savages Dem who called him a Trump shill in the most Southern way

House Speaker Mike Johnson flexed his Southern charm when asked about Democratic Rep.Jim McGovern calling him “full of s–t,” a “liar” and a “shill” for President Trump as well as tech guru Elon Musk.McGovern (D-Mass.) had laced into Johnson (R-La.) over his suggestion that the Dems walked away from the negotiating table on efforts to avert a government shutdown.

“Bless his heart,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday with a smile when asked about McGovern’s dig, using the phrase that can be used as an insult in the South.“Look, the Democrats are flailing.

I get it.They’ve engaged in some pretty crazy rhetoric in the last couple of weeks — you know, we’re going to shut down the city, we’re at war, we’re going to fight them in the streets, you’ve all seen that,” the speaker went on.

The Massachusetts Democrat had claimed that Dems haven’t ditched negotiations, and countered that the GOP isn’t “interested in hearing from us.”“First of all, he’s full of s‑‑t.He’s a liar.

And he’s a total shill for Donald Trump and Elon Musk,” McGovern said, the Hill reported. “So he can blame anybody he wants … but we’re not walking away from the table,” he went on.

“They’re not interested in hearing from us at this particular point.Maybe they will be in March.”GOP leadership is deliberating internally over how to approach Trump’s “big beautiful bill” to avert a government shutdown in mid-March as well as a plan to raise the debt ceiling amid an expected deadline of June.If Congress fails to take action, the government will shut down on March 14 and GOP leadership will have to wrestle with a slim majority and a faction of recalcitrant hardliners who have a penchant for rejecting deals to forestall a shutdown.

Democratic leadership has indicated that they won’t help Republicans forestall a shutdown without strings attached, but several moderate Dems appear to have equivocated on that point.“They’re ki...