We've debated this point before. I think Johnson tried from Day One, but was saddled with what McCarthy had left behind, with deadlines rapidly approaching.
People were mad at McCarthy for dallying and wasting an entire summer when he knew what the deadline was. He waited, and then forced his caucus to act with no time remaining. That's why he was ousted, because he violated the Hastert Rule and the 72-hour rule by handing his side a massive spending bill and giving them no time to study it when he had all the time in the world to get it done properly. Then, when he moved the bill to a vote without having "majority of the majority" support, Gaetz made the motion to vacate.
So what motivated McCarthy to delay, creating a brinksmanship scenario with Democrats? What motivated McCarthy to put the interests of Democrats over the interests of his own party?
And what's motivating Johnson now to fall into the same trap that McCarthy did? Massive illegal alien entry? The Hamas invasion of Israel? The anti-Israeli protests in the United States? LAAP-dog media outrage over President Trump?
-PJ
Show me one time where Johnson even voiced something like this:
McCarthy Says Biden Must Tighten Border to Avert US Government Shutdown