No, Speaker Johnson Didn’t Cave On Ukraine Funding Because Of Secret Intel Briefings

[corbe]

No, Speaker Johnson Didn’t Cave On Ukraine Funding Because Of Secret Intel Briefings

BY: JOHN DANIEL DAVIDSON
APRIL 24, 2024

He caved because he’s weak and unprincipled and, like the rest of the GOP establishment, doesn’t care what Republican voters think.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is now being feted by the likes of Politico and The New York Times for selling out Republican voters and working with Democrats to pass a foreign aid package last week that will send tens of billions more taxpayer dollars to Ukraine.

If you recall, this is something Johnson repeatedly vowed he would not do until Democrats agreed to secure the southern border. He said this over and over, both before and after he became speaker.

So what explains Johnson’s about-face? According to a fawning piece in Politico, it was “sobering briefings” he received after becoming speaker. “It was the intelligence, it was the Europe generals who are in charge of the freedom of the world and of course it was the developments as well, everything has escalated,” he told the outlet.

Johnson gave a similar line to the Times: “I really do believe the intel. I think that Vladimir Putin would continue to march through Europe if he were allowed. I think he might go to the Baltics next. I think he might have a showdown with Poland or one of our NATO allies.” He said the same thing to CNN’s Jake Tapper last week, that he wants to make sure Putin “doesn’t march through Europe.” (Notice now that Johnson has helped pass the Democrats’ agenda, he’s become a darling of the corporate press, complete with an in-depth puff profile just published in The Atlantic.)

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https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/24/no-speaker-johnson-didnt-cave-on-ukraine-funding-because-of-secret-intel-briefings/

[Bigun]

He caved because he’s weak and unprincipled and, like the rest of the GOP establishment, doesn’t care what Republican voters think.

 

[unite for individuality]

He caved because he’s weak and unprincipled and, like the rest of the GOP establishment, doesn’t care what Republican voters think.

If you recall, this is something Johnson repeatedly vowed he would not do until Democrats agreed to secure the southern border. He said this over and over, both before and after he became speaker.

It's not just that Johnson went ahead and helped pass the Ukraine funding
without securing our own border.

Johnson ACTIVELY SABOTAGED the bill to secure our own border!

He did it by bringing the bill to secure OUR border to a vote
under a rule that requires a 2/3 majority to pass it!

   https://www.c-span.org/congress/votes/?chamber=house

   HOUSE VOTE 143    April 20, 2024    1:00PM ET
      On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
   H.R. 3602    Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act
      FAILED 215-199, 17 Not Voting    2/3 Majority required

   HOUSE VOTE 151    April 20, 2024    1:48PM ET
      On Passage
   H.R. 8035    Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
      PASSED 311-112, 7 Not Voting, 1 Present

[Cyber Liberty]

I agree with this article.  Johnson got what HE wanted in that bill, screw the people who put him in that job.