{"id":2499143,"date":"2025-10-15T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-absolutely-agrees-to-debate-johnson-on-c-span\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:57:36","slug":"jeffries-absolutely-agrees-to-debate-johnson-on-c-span","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-absolutely-agrees-to-debate-johnson-on-c-span\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries \u2018absolutely\u2019 agrees to debate Johnson on C-Span"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeffries-absolutely-agrees-to-debate-johnson-on-c-span%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499143&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has agreed to participate in a public conversation with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on C-Span&#8217;s new program *Ceasefire*. This discussion is proposed amid ongoing gridlock caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goya-ceo-if-we-shut-down-this-economy-its-the-beginning-of-the-end\/\" title=\"Goya CEO: If We Shut Down This Economy, It\u2019s The \u201cBeginning Of The End\u201d\">government shutdown<\/a>, which has lasted 15 days. While Johnson dismissed Jeffries&#8217;s earlier challenge to debate the shutdown on the House floor, stating that such debates had already occurred and calling them theatrics, he expressed willingness to engage in a televised dialogue with Jeffries. both leaders appear open to scheduling this conversation as a way to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >shutdown impasse<\/a> in a public forum.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jeffries &lsquo;absolutely&rsquo; agrees to debate Johnson on C-Span amid shutdown gridlock<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2365857\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) said Tuesday that he is on board with a proposal to have a conversation with&nbsp;House Speaker<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Mike Johnson <\/a>(R-LA) on C-Span.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I look forward to that,&rdquo; Jeffries told reporters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3851030\/watch-live-mike-johnson-press-conference-day-15-government-shutdown\/\">WATCH LIVE: Mike Johnson holds press conference on day 15 of government shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3850460\/nrcc-democrats-shutdown-pay-troops-ad\/\">House Republicans target Democrats over shutdown pay for troops in new ad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3850807\/gallego-mike-johnson-swear-in-grijalva-epstein\/\">Gallego rips &#8216;little creep&#8217; Johnson for refusing to swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to try to get it scheduled, absolutely,&rdquo; he promised, referencing a possible joint appearance on C-Span&rsquo;s new program<em> Ceasefire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The development could set the two party leaders in the House up for a rousing debate over the government shutdown, which entered its 15th day on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has declared he has no intention of accepting Jeffries&rsquo;s offer to do a public debate about the shutdown<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3838801\/mike-johnson-brushes-off-jeffries-challenge-debate-on-house-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> on the House floor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We debated all of this on the House floor, as you know, before we passed our bill,&rdquo; a continuing resolution to keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-sen-rick-scott-accountability-should-be-basic-function-of-govt-but-dems-and-biden-failing-to-do-so\/\" title=\"Fla. Sen. Rick Scott: Accountability should be basic function of govt, but Dems and Biden failing to do so\">government open<\/a>, the speaker said Monday. &ldquo;He spoke for seven or eight minutes, he had all of his colleagues lined up, they gave it their best shot, and they argued, and they stomped their feet and screamed at us and all that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to let Hakeem try to pretend with these theatrics,&rdquo; Johnson added. &ldquo;We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t need to waste time on that nonsense. Those debates have been had. Hakeem is a friend and a colleague, and I respect him, but we all know what he&rsquo;s trying to do here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Johnson has said he is willing to have a conversation with Jeffries on C-Span&rsquo;s <em>Ceasefire <\/em>show.<\/p>\n<p>During an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-tg2yH9TnGQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> appearance<\/a> on C-Span&rsquo;s <em>Washington Journal<\/em> on Thursday, Johnson was pressed on which Democrat he would be open to sitting down with on <em>Ceasefire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3848757\/mike-johnson-floods-airwaves-messaging-fight-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MIKE JOHNSON FLOODS AIRWAVES AS &lsquo;MESSAGING FIGHT&rsquo; OVER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll sit down with Hakeem Jeffries, my counterpart,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Yeah, sometime, we&rsquo;ll get that done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hakeem, let&rsquo;s sit down together,&rdquo; Johnson said, looking into the camera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffries fully agrees to debate Johnson on C-Span amid shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2499144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jeffries.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[14279,3896,50470,4162,5894],"class_list":["post-2499143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-c-span","tag-debate","tag-jeffries-2","tag-johnson","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jeffries.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499147,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499143\/revisions\/2499147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}