Posted on 04/19/2024 9:25:34 AM PDT by Kazan
House Speaker Mike Johnson supported shutting down the Southern border until it got in the way of his real priorities: sending money abroad.
There’s a very simple logic to the Democrat position on Ukraine: Its continued welfare sponsored by American taxpayers is very important, but it’s not more important than maintaining an open Southern border for the world’s criminal and destitute to flood the nation (again, sponsored by American taxpayers).
We know that’s the indisputable Democrat position because while they, including the Biden White House, insist there’s nothing more urgent than sending tens of billions dollars more to Ukraine, they’re not willing to do so if it means blocking the access of a single illegal alien to America’s interior. After months of negotiating a matter that shouldn’t require more than a second’s worth of debate, Democrats put forward a bill that legalized the unauthorized entry of up to 5,000 aliens per day. That’s how serious they are about keeping the border agape.
It’s an untenable position, yet that brings us to House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican who has stunningly revealed himself this week to hold the exact same position. Immediately after he was elected to lead the House and his party, Johnson emphatically stated in public multiple times that solving the border crisis, both instigated and exacerbated by the president, was not just a priority but mandatory.
“Any national security package has to begin with the security of our own border… We have to effect real policy change at the border, and that is a necessary condition to anything we do going forward,” Johnson said on December 6, 2023.
When Democrats presented their “bipartisan” bill to legalize nearly another 2 million aliens per year, enough Republicans walked away to kill both that bill and any further welfare for Ukraine. But then Johnson had a few meetings with Biden administration officials and he’s now on the same side as Democrats. He’s calling himself a “wartime speaker,” a consequential figure of historical proportions, and promising to put up another round of legislation for Ukraine after having secured nothing on the border.
If Democrats weren’t willing to budge on the border for the sake of their beloved Ukraine, but Johnson is, what does that mean?
No matter how you cut it, Mike Johnson supports an open Southern border, too.
Elections have consequences and especially ones that involve the House Speaker
He turned on us quickly, didn’t he?
You are a liar which is no surprise.
This article does not even slightly state that Johnson supports an open border.
You are a piece of garbage from Russia who is just here to try and undermine the United States so that more Ukrainians can be killed and eventually more Americans.
Johnson does not support an open border that is an absolute lie.
Where does it say in the article that Johnson supports an open border
He was just on Newsmax.
It makes it sound like he should get an award for not sending US troops on the ground to Ukraine.
Who is advising him? Pelosi?
Yes, he does.
Funny how these politicians get a secret ‘briefing’ from the intel boys and suddenly they’re on board with anything the blob wants.
vs
the walk
shows where the liars are
and mike is right there with the liars
he talked
and when it was time to walk
he let traitors flatter him and who knows what else
( though it would be interesting to see his financials )
and shived us in the face while smiling and zero of what he said he would do ZERO didnt even try.. then enjoyed biden and the uniparty singing his praises
mike IS a bald face lying p.o.s.
spit .
The “briefing” probably involved pictures of a live boy, or a dead girl.
Very interested in knowing FReepers opinion of Johnson....
Quotes from the Refugee Convention:
Article 23 - Public relief
The Contracting States shall accord to refugees lawfully staying in their territory the same treatment with respect to public relief and assistance as is accorded to their nationals.
Article 17 - Wage-earning employment
....
2. In any case, restrictive measures imposed on aliens or the employment of aliens for the protection of the national labour market shall not be applied to a refugee...who fulfils one of the following conditions:
(a) He has completed three years’ residence in the country;
....
(c) He has one or more children possessing the nationality of the country of residence.
Article 34 - Naturalization [and getting the right to vote (and buy AR-15s)]
The Contracting States shall as far as possible facilitate the assimilation and naturalization of refugees. They shall in particular make every effort to expedite naturalization proceedings and to reduce as far as possible the charges and costs of such proceedings.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-relating-status-refugees
Article 44 - Denunciation [getting out from under the Refugee Convention]
1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention at any time by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. Such denunciation shall take effect for the Contracting State concerned one year from the date upon which it is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations....
NOTE: I do not trust any politician who has not called for invoking Article 44 to get the US out from under the Refugee Convention.
And my distrust extends to Trump and Johnson.
The Refugee Convention must be removed from the Democratic Party toolbox by invoking Article 44.
Anyone know of an incorruptible fighter with awesome strategic genius who could and would fight for Americans First? The Speaker does not have to be a member of Congress.
Hakeem Johnson IMHO.
“No matter how you cut it, Mike Johnson supports an open Southern border, too.”
I’m glad they said that. If you read the article, it says 5000 a day, doors closed. Now that is not going to stop the thousands of those that are flown in, drive in, or even walk in crossing the rivers at low spots. Those are not part of Johnson’s ideas. It means 5000 invited ones and that’s it.
The average amount of people arriving at the border daily from the south is around 10K. That means if only 5000 are legally let in, then there will be that 5k tomorrow that are still on the back burner when 10K more arrive. Does anyone think they will not try to cross illegally because the entry point will only proccess 5K?
Johnson is aware of the geometric problem, and, he knowsg the border can’t be shut down without the coverage to get the illegals that are crossing without consent put back. So a number has to be set. And that number is really low in comparison to what the Biden adminstration is doing by processing 5K and releasing 10K into the country, some without processing dates, at the entry points.
A conservative government is successful when they can break even with the problems as that has been their intent for many generations. But until they are willing to re-invent the wheel, or even grease this one, they will fail. And the ones that make money letting the wheel destroy itself don’t give one rat’s azz. So they allow you to attack your own to save them the time and face.
wy69
Johnson is just another Deep State RINO who pretended to be a Conservative.
There are a lot of Fake Conservatives in Congress.
He is just another who exposed himself.
The effectiveness of an arm twisted up behind one’s back is not lost on perhaps the majority of officeholders in DC. The frog-march to “unanimity” is the major consequence.
It is not just a matter of being invited to the “right” parties. Such n invitation is much more like a summons to show the degree of submission the targeted officeholder is allowed to display.
If my neighbors have a plumbing problem, the solution is not to have them move in with me but to fix their plumbing.
If my neighbors have an economic problem, the solution is not to have them move in with me but to fix their economy.
If my neighbors have any problem, the solution is not to have them move in with me but to fix the problem where it is at.
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