House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called himself a “wartime speaker” on Tuesday as he defended himself after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) called for his resignation over a plan to hold separate votes on military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
“We need steady leadership. We need steady hands on the wheel,” Johnson said at a press conference. “Look, I regard myself as a wartime speaker.”
Massie said he would back Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) plan to file a motion to vacate, which would trigger a vote to oust Johnson as speaker. If every Democrat votes against Johnson, only two Republican votes would be needed to oust him.
Several House Democrats signaled they wouldn’t vote against Johnson if the bills he put forward included the total funding in the $95 billion foreign military aid bill that passed the Senate.
The Senate’s $95 billion foreign military aid bill includes $60 billion for the proxy war in Ukraine, $14 billion to support the slaughter and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, and a few billion for Taiwan and other spending in the Asia Pacific region.
Other GOP members have expressed anger over Johnson’s plan to introduce the military aid bills without any changes to border policy, but it’s unclear if they would join Greene and Massie in voting against him.
Johnson is also planning to put forward a fourth bill that could include a TikTok ban and give the federal government the ability to sell off frozen Russian assets to fund aid to Ukraine. The details are unclear, and the text of the bill is expected to be released late Tuesday.
The White House has signaled its support for Johnson’s plan. “It does appear at first blush that the Speaker’s proposal will in fact help us get aid to Ukraine, aid to Israel and needed resources to the Indo-Pacific for a wide range of contingencies there. At first blush it looks like that, we just want to get more details,” said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
Delusions of grandeur. Jfc
Alack and alas…but should we be surprised? Sadly no.
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
But he was such a good boy before he had the opportunity to do ill.
I wonder if RINO Mike Johnson is deliberately trying to demoralize the Trump GOP base in the run up to the presidential election? None of what Johnson has been pushing is in any way Trumpian or “America First”. Trump is clearly non-interventionist in his outlook.
Finally! “Wartime Speaker” means we’re at war! Good to know. Congress declares war! …Just a minor detail. Who are we at war with? The world?
The US Government is at war with its citizens who are beginning to see how badly the money is being spent.All of these Billionsfor Ukraine,Taiwan and Israel are geared up to keep the US the dominant power on the planet despite the fact that we don’t produce anything of value
Agreed. LOL. So you agree they’re declaring war against the world? Inside and out?
The war is between the donor class and their puppets in DC and the rest of us. And they are winning
Johnson couples the intelligence and morality of a war monger with that of a thief.
Mike Johnson (R-LA)no better than the Joey Biden Crime Family.
We need him to step down!!!!
He never could have stepped up had he been otherwise.
The US government seems to be, collectively, organized crime with a handful of outliers.
Foreign policy is thuggery of smash and grab.
Where is the tie-in to border security which was part of the original plan? It didn’t take long for Johnson to screw the pooch, and do a 180.. Who whispered in his ear?
He actually did a 360. He always knew where he stood. Otherwise, why do you think the Demo Rats already declared they would consider voting for him to remain as speaker?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/politics/house-democrats-options-johnson/index.html
If we don’t fight them over there, they’ll have no motive to attack us over here! Wait, that’s not what I meant.
Well, at least they left that idiocy out. Still bad, but not as bad.
Perhaps congress should declare war before he becomes a “wartime” speaker. Get rid of this guy!
Power, money, stardom … corruption …whispered in his ear.
Other options include blackmail and bribes.
Always handily available in Biden’s kit (cf Ukraine).
But the US is nearly *always* at war with someone.
And never declares war.
WWII war was declared. But when you own the world, there’s no need.
Rules based international order says: No rules. Might makes right.
There is no way to justify supporting the Zionist war crimes in Gaza and the WB against the Palestinian people.
By all the news accounts it is Washington and Berlin funding the Zionist genocide of the Palestinian people.
That should make us ask who is in charge in DC and Berlin if not the ZIONISTS?
International oligarchs.
They are the people in control of Western democracies, the international Israeli-Zionist oligarchy.
Says the idiot that supports Russia’s genocide in Ukraine.
Hypocrite!!!
Biden and Zelensky are putting the young Ukrainians in the meatgrinder, but of course you would not know that.
House Democrats say they are willing to vote to save Mike Johnson as Speaker. There was no such offer to save Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. That tells you all you need to know about RINO Johnson.
I wonder what dirt the Deep State has on Waldo to cause such an about face from his positions as a congressman?
Republicans call for Johnson’s resignation over Ukraine funding – Wall Street Journal
– The House speaker said he would not resign because he considers
himself a wartime speaker. Massey, a Republican who is a critic of aid
to Ukraine, joined the call to fire Johnson.
– “Johnson should let the Republican Party choose a new leader and then step aside,” Massie said.
Sending money to Ukraine is like a bank giving out a home equity loan to a homeowner whose house already burned down!
Can Johnson really depend on the votes of the Democratic “Squad” to save him when he means to give Israel another $19 BILLION to continue the genocide in Gaza? This should be interesting to watch.
The latest House bill to send more American dollars overseas is somehow even more bloated than the one the Senate passed in February. There’s still $60 billion for Ukraine, and $8 billion for Taiwan. Meanwhile, aid to Israel has ballooned from $14 billion to more than $26 billion.
For comparison, the GDP of Vermont is $43 billion.
Johnson is an “America Last” RINO. Get rid of him.
Just another whore for Biden.
Delusions of grandeur, something which has become epidemic in the rat’s nest known as DC.
Another delusional Member of US House of Rep. Seriously, the US is falling apart at the seams.
Greene and Massie are an Axis of Evil
Marjorie Taylor Greene SHREDDED by Army Vet for latest TRAITOROUS rant (video)
https://ukrainetoday.org/marjorie-taylor-greene-shredded-by-army-vet-for-latest-traitorous-rant-video/