Posted on 04/14/2024 6:34:44 PM PDT by RandFan
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia.
Johnson, R-La., is already under immense political pressure from his fellow GOP lawmakers as he tries to stretch between the Republican Party’s divided support for helping Kyiv defend itself from Moscow’s invasion. The Republican speaker has sat for two months on a $95 billion supplemental package that would send support to the U.S. allies, as well as provide humanitarian aid for civilians in Ukraine and Gaza and funding to replenish U.S. weapons provided to Taiwan.
The attack by Iran on Israel early Sunday further ratcheted up the pressure on Johnson, but also gave him an opportunity to underscore the urgency of approving the funding.
Johnson told Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that he and Republicans “understand the necessity of standing with Israel” and he would try this week to advance the aid.
“The details of that package are being put together right now,” he said. “We’re looking at the options and all these supplemental issues.”
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I favor both:
Anti-air support for Israel
Anti-air support for Ukraine
Without the situation in Ukraine, and prior experience learned by Israel - re HAMAS attacks via rockets and mortars over many years - neither the U.S. nor Israel would have been as well-prepared as Israel, the UK, and the U.S. were last night.
Again, I favor anti-air support.
But, I would not bind general military support for Israel with general military support for Ukraine.
You're a willingly blind idiot if you can't see everything that we've done in Ukraine since 2014 is about enriching our political elite, the defense industry and rich globalist a-holes like George Soros.
The war is a result of our meddling in Ukraine. This a proxy war WE wanted and it has failed miserably.
He already sent money for Egyptians to go to college. The guy now is a deep state puppet. DS has the Republican Leader in the house and senate now. Money gates are open.
Johnson promised to pass a border security bill before he allowed anymore money for Ukraine.
If he breaks his promises, he's not only unfit to be Speaker but unfit to be in Congress.
The base of the party has had with being lied to and broken promises.
It is fast approaching the point the Republican party must die in order to restore the vision of the Founders of a representative republic and for the country to survive.
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"He's doing a really good job under very tough circumstances," Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, said at the start of a news conference with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump suggested Republicans push for making additional U.S. military aid to Ukraine "in the form of a loan rather than a gift."
Of course.
And he’ll support the continuation of FISA after all, and and and.
This guy is a POS that pretends to be conservative.
Voters should know what he is and hold his feet to the fire.
Straight up RINO, establishment, type.
Close to his next election cycle he’ll lock in some conservative issue and beat it hard, capturinv the MSM and publics attention in order to show he’s a conservative after all. Fake!!! Fraud!!!
People like him pretend to be opposition but meet at the country club and rub shoulders with all those he “pretends” to be opposed to.
Folks, people like this are no better than a Democrat. Don’t fall for the lesser of two evils argument. If the guy is a RINO type, and serving the establishment even if this contradicts conservative principles, get rid of him!!!
What a disappointment this guy has turned out to be. He has just rolled over and given the Deep State everything it wants.
Time to push him out too. Keep purging and purging until you find one who will actually represent MAGA voters.
Tell dems they can have the funding when they close border and deport ten million at least
DUMBASS!!! STOP THIS CRAP!!! HELP ISRAEL ONLY!! UKRAINE HAS GOTTEN WAY TOO MANY BILLIONS ALREADY FROM US!!
Did Mike Turner show him something that he is being BLACKMAILED for??
Russia is allied to Hamas and Iran. Aid to both Israel and Ukraine is a superb use of defense dollars.
The Ukrainians know from experience what hideous genocidal pigs the Russians are. They will keep killing Russians.
I did not write down what he said, but, here is a recent YouTube video of his criticism:
4.12.24 | Rep. Van Drew Speaks on House Floor During FISA Debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FDnvo8R25s
Aid to ISRAEL YES!!
Tax & SPEND from our “representatives”.
immense political pressure from his fellow GOP lawmakers
Not nearly enough, oust this NWO boot licker
I thought I read it somewhere we were a representative republic? Guess not anymore…
What do they have on him?
We don’t have any more defense dollars ya fool. A superb use would be nothing for Ukraine and nothing for Israel.
1/3 of Senate bill was for the US military including 3 new artillery production lines in Texas.
“About a third of the money allocated to supporting Ukraine actually will be spent replenishing the U.S. military with the weapons and equipment that are going to Kyiv.”
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-aid-congress-senate-china-d7b4846de76a1dfe5d2207b7eb6eeead
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