House Republicans will likely avoid a government shutdown, even with members voting down Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap bill to keep the government open while combining legislation on voting, Rep. Glenn Grothman said on Newsmax Sunday. 

“I talked to a couple of the Republican congressmen in close districts,” the Wisconsin Republican told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “They feel that if we do shut down the government, it will hurt Republicans.”

Grothman pointed out that he was in office during the last shutdown in 2018-2019, and at that time, then-President Donald Trump said the government should remain open. 

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