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Update on America First MAGA Mike Johnson.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:09 pm
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Vowing the U.S. Will ‘Do Our Job,’ Johnson Searches for a Path on Ukraine
The Republican speaker, with his job on the line, has privately told people he would make sure the House moves to assist Ukraine, a step that many members of his party oppose.
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When Speaker Mike Johnson opened the floor for questions at a closed-door luncheon fund-raiser in New Jersey last month, Jacquie Colgan asked how, in the face of vehement opposition within his own ranks, he planned to handle aid for Ukraine.
What followed was an impassioned monologue by Mr. Johnson in which he explained why continued American aid to Kyiv was, in his view, vital — a message starkly at odds with the hard-right views that have overtaken his party. He invoked his political roots as a Reagan Republican, denounced President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as a “madman” and conceded the issue had forced him to walk a “delicate political tightrope.”
Reminded by Ms. Colgan, a member of the American Coalition for Ukraine, a nonprofit advocacy group, of the adage that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil was for good people to do nothing, Mr. Johnson replied that he kept a copy of the quotation framed in his office.
“That’s not going to be us,” he assured her. “We’re going to do our job.”
The exchange reflects what Mr. Johnson has privately told donors, foreign leaders and fellow members of Congress in recent weeks, according to extensive notes Ms. Colgan took during the New Jersey event and interviews with several other people who have spoken with him.
While the speaker has remained noncommittal about any one option, he has repeatedly expressed a personal desire to send aid to Ukraine — something he has voted against repeatedly in the past — and now appears to be in search of the least politically damaging way to do it.
The challenge for Mr. Johnson is that any combination of aid measures he puts to a vote will likely infuriate the growing isolationist wing of his party, which considers the issue toxic. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, who has repeatedly said she would call a snap vote to unseat the speaker if he allowed a vote for Ukraine aid before imposing restrictive immigration measures, filed a resolution on Friday calling for his removal, saying she wanted to send him “a warning.”
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Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:11 pm to Bunk Moreland
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What followed was an impassioned monologue by Mr. Johnson in which he explained why continued American aid to Kyiv was, in his view, vital — a message starkly at odds with the hard-right views that have overtaken his party.
Yeah its so "hard right" to not want to get involved in wars around the globe with very little interest to us.
This is the Vietnam of our generation. Just keep pouring gas on that fire and see how quickly it burns out.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:13 pm to Bunk Moreland
Mike "Ukraine First" Johnson
Lots of support for this on the OT
Lots of support for this on the OT
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:13 pm to tadman
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This is the Vietnam of our generation. Just keep pouring gas on that fire and see how quickly it burns out.
It’ll be a way to depopulate certain segments of the US.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:14 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Update on America First MAGA Mike Johnson.
...as MAGA is the loudest voice against giving money to Ukraine...and has been since the beginning of this war.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:14 pm to Bunk Moreland
I live a few miles from Mike johnson yet it feels like we are light-years apart
Biggest disappointment of the year
Biggest disappointment of the year
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:15 pm to tadman
Who on earth wanted this guy…
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:15 pm to Bunk Moreland
He caved on everything the Democrats wanted. I'm sure he'll do the same for Ukraine money. Dude is a bitch. Has this nutless loser moved to expel Gallagher yet, so that a special election can take place in WI? Probably not. Because he's a bitch.
It's one thing to get beat. It's another to be a coward and a bitch. Johnson has entered Jeff Sessions territory of cowardice.
It's one thing to get beat. It's another to be a coward and a bitch. Johnson has entered Jeff Sessions territory of cowardice.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:16 pm to tadman
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Yeah its so "hard right" to not want to get involved in wars around the globe with very little interest to us.
I remember when the left was against invading Iraq. Now such stances are hard right lol
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:16 pm to roadGator
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Who on earth wanted this guy…
Not Orange he wanted Jordan but we know you dont remember that cause TDS brain
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:17 pm to SDVTiger
The question was who wanted him. Not who didn’t want him.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:18 pm to roadGator
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The question was who wanted him. Not who didn’t want him.
A majority of the House of Representatives.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:18 pm to roadGator
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The question was who wanted him.
Desantis and all the conservatives
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:20 pm to moneyg
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MAGA is the loudest voice against giving money to Ukraine...and has been since the beginning of this war.
Incorrect. They are OK with it as long as you call it a waivable loan.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:22 pm to moneyg
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...as MAGA is the loudest voice against giving money to Ukraine.
the lies continue
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"We should loan them the money," Trump said at a rally in Ohio on Saturday. "If they make it — they're against tremendous odds — but if they make it, they pay us back."
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:27 pm to Bunk Moreland
MTG right again regarding Johnson
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:29 pm to Bunk Moreland
quote:Huh? Who does he represent. Ukraine, or his district in LA?
he assured her. “We’re going to do our job.”
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:31 pm to Taxing Authority
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Huh? Who does he represent. Ukraine, or his district in LA?
Look up a few posts to Trump's quote.
The MAGA position is we should give them the money but call it a loan.
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