Congress passes $60.8bn billion Ukraine aid as speaker’s fate hangs in the balance
Congress passes $60.8bn billion Ukraine aid as speaker’s fate hangs in the balance
Volodymyr Zelensky immediately issues thanks to the US House – just as a conservative revolt threatens to oust Mike Johnson for backing bill to help embattled European ally
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Two things: I bet this just saved Johnson’s bacon. Democrats will likely reward him by not voting against him when MTG raises the vacate vote. I’ll also bet that this only happened because Trump didn’t back Johnson even after he went and kissed the ring.
I think Johnson got into briefing rooms with the white house, the CIA, and the Joint Chiefs, and realized that the maga games have the potential to spiral into world war 3. Death and destruction beyond anything humanity has ever seen.
And he started figuring out how to givern like an adult. McCarthy had already burned too many bridges with Dems. They hated him. Johnson was a fresh face and Dems were desperate for someone they could cut deals with.