Johnson Responds On Comments Made By Newsom

In politics, every now and then, a leading figure says the quiet part out loud — and when they do, the impact can be seismic. That’s exactly what happened when California Gov. Gavin Newsom proudly proclaimed on a podcast with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein that his state is the first in the nation to provide taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal immigrants — regardless of income, legal status, or pre-existing conditions.

“I did it,” Newsom boasted. “I promised that, I promoted it, I ran three times on it.” For once, there was no spin, no dodging, no soft language about "undocumented residents" or "access to care." Just a flat-out, unapologetic admission that California — under his direction — is now a universal healthcare sanctuary, even for those who broke the law to be here.

During the Democrat Shutdown, the media and Democrats repeatedly insisted that illegal aliens do NOT receive taxpayer-funded health care.

Now, Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom has EXPOSED his own party for their lies. As we told you, the Democrats promoted AND provided FREE health… pic.twitter.com/I33De923bO

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) December 16, 2025

This was a gift to Republicans, handed over on a silver platter as they head into the 2026 midterms and sharpen their messaging for 2028, where Newsom is widely expected to be a top-tier Democratic presidential contender. Why? Because for weeks, during the high-stakes Schumer Shutdown, Democrats and their allies in the media had claimed — with indignant certainty — that Republicans were lying about illegal immigrants receiving taxpayer-funded benefits.

Enter Newsom, proudly confirming what the GOP had been warning about all along.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) immediately pounced, releasing a video montage of his media appearances during the shutdown, where he was accused — often with smug condescension — of spreading falsehoods. The clip ends with a biting message:

“Surely, the retractions, corrections, and apologies are coming any minute now…”

But of course, they won’t. Because the mainstream press has long since abandoned any semblance of neutral fact-checking when it comes to Democratic policies. The goal is narrative protection, not truth — especially when the facts are politically inconvenient.

This also underscores a deeper issue in the ongoing fight over Obamacare subsidies. While Democrats push to extend enhanced subsidies, they avoid talking about billions lost to fraud or the loopholes that allow non-citizens to access benefits that were sold to Americans as being for Americans. Newsom didn’t just expose the Democrats’ priorities — he exposed their strategy: enact radical policies quietly, deny them publicly, and then take credit once they’re politically baked in.

But now that the secret’s out, voters have every right to ask: If Newsom can do this in California, what’s stopping Democrats from doing it nationwide?

This isn’t a hypothetical. The Obamacare framework — already riddled with fraud and abuse — is being stretched beyond recognition. And if Democrats continue to rewrite the rules to include those here illegally, the very foundation of America’s healthcare system could be transformed under the guise of “equity” and “inclusion.”

The debate is no longer about whether it’s happening. It is. The question now is: how many more quiet parts are Democrats waiting to say out loud — and how much more will taxpayers be forced to fund?