Posted on 04/16/2024 8:42:44 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.
“I am not resigning,” Johnson said after a testy morning meeting of fellow House Republicans at the Capitol
Johnson referred to himself as a “wartime speaker” of the House and indicated in his strongest self-defense yet he would press forward with a U.S. national security aid package, a situation that would force him to rely on Democrats to help pass it, over objections from his weakened majority.
“We are simply here trying to do our jobs,” Johnson said, calling the motion to oust him “absurd ... not helpful.”
But as night fell, the speaker’s resolve collided with Republican opposition to his plan.
For hours, Johnson holed up at the Capitol with lawmakers sorting through their alternative strategies, particularly ways to attach U.S.-Mexico border security measures to the package. No bill text was released, putting passage of any aid this week in serious doubt.
“We’ll see,” Johnson said about the legislation, ducking into a meeting that dragged late into the night.
Tuesday had initially brought a definitive shift in tone from both the House Republicans and the speaker himself at a pivotal moment as the embattled leader tries, against the wishes of his majority, to marshal the votes needed to send the stalled national security aid for Israel, Ukraine and other overseas allies to passage.
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Zero for our border = Zero “national security“.
“Johnson referred to himself as a “wartime speaker” of the House”
Starting to really dislike this idiot.
Live boys, or dead girls?
Louisiana is a strange state.
He’s watched too many Godfather movies. Mikey, you’re no Tom Hagen.
I prefer two, separate bills:
1) For Israel, without any Senator Schumer/leftwing inventions, additions, etc. “for other purposes.”
2) For Ukraine, without any Senator Schumer/leftwing inventions, additions, etc. “for other purposes.”
Why is defending our borders such a hard thing to
Insist upon? We all have our theories, but sheesh. Immigration, yes. Illegal migration, no. What’s the freaking problem?
He’s a Whoretime Speaker, not a wartime one. The US hasn’t declared war or had war declared on it.
Fake Christian needs to leave the Speaker chair ASAP.
JOHNSON lost all credibility along with every RINO who voted for FISA
Why not both? Deep compromise.
How about this:
1. Throw both of those bills down the crapper
2. Introduce ONE new bill - to build Trump’s Wall and secure OUR border
3. Another to quadruple the size of the Border Patrol and fund deportations.
Wartime speaker?
What war, when was it declared, and against whom?
Thinks he is Tom Hagen, the Wartime Consigliore. I didn’t realize we were in a war, other than being invaded across our border by millions.
Nationalism is DEAD with the REDEFINITION of globalism/one worldism.
Ukraine First, America Last.
Without any Senator Schumer/leftwing inventions, additions, etc. “for other purposes.”
Immigration, yes. Illegal migration, no.”
Way to simple for all folks to understand. Thus they have 1000-page immigration bills.
The problem is automatic voter registration. When illegals get their driver licenses (which is actually allowed in some RAT states) they get a voter registration form too.
Illegals are supposed to ignore it, but there’s a checkbox on the registration form with a note that checking it if you’re not a citizen is unlawful. But many of them are checking it anyway (they can blame the language barrier), and not getting prosecuted.
Add RAT election officials who ignore phony signatures on ballots, and presto: thousands of illegal ballots.
yas gives money to dah yookrain.
yas gives money to dah blah blank blank immigrants.
yas give no money tuh homeeless vets.
yas give no money to anybody over 65, sos dey eat dog food.
demd yookrains an immigrants did not vote yas.
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