Mike Johnson gives impassioned Ukraine speech as he defies MAGA

https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson-impassioned-ukraine-speech-defies-maga-1891569

by superanth

26 comments

  1. His choice was to do this or let the Democrats force the vote on their own. It’s not exactly heroic, because he’s doing it to save face, but history will probably damn him a **little** less now.

  2. While some of us might get caught up in praising him, just remember he’s sat on this aid for months, and rejected a bipartisan deal at Trump’s behest. Hundreds of innocent people have died in that time.

    Mike can get this through and Democrats may protect him from MAGA until November, but anyone voting for republicans next election while saying “they passed Ukraine aid” are thick as pigshit, or as dishonest as a pedo priest

  3. Just note, he never refers to Ukraine as an “ally” and that bugs me

  4. Jesus fucking christ, he really *IS* trying to make himself the hero of the piece, isn’t he? I don’t know quite how you get that much sheer brass neck to try and convince hundreds of millions of people you’re acting in your conscience after six months of stalling. Fucking hell!

  6. Sin when it suits you … repent when it suits you … still we should applaud his return to sanity.

  7. Moscow Mike still happily enabled the Russians to murder innocent ukranians for MONTHS with zero remorse. It’s only because of pressure from literally everyone besides MAGA, in addition to numerous US allies that he is now changing his tune.

    Mike Johnson is still a MAGA pig and is on the kremlin’s payroll.

  9. He is not defying MAGA.

    He made it separate from other aid and fully amendable so his fellow MAGA Reps can block it for him.

  11. Impassioned is not the word I would use – he doesn’t seem to have feelings about this

  12. I’m wondering what’s beyond the change of tune. I’m asking to the American friends

  13. I mean I’m glad it’s going to happen but thousands of lives were lost because he sat around and did nothing . Lives that could have been saved. He has blood on his hands and I can’t fathom how he sleeps at night knowing his part in it

  15. Still weird. There’s a game afoot here, I’m sure of it.

  16. He knows he can only stay in power if Ukraine passes with help from Dems not because he really wants to help. I still think he is a Russian stooge

  17. Probably finally realized Trump is gonna go down in flames

  18. A) He got a fantastic offer

    B) They dug up some serious, career ending dirt

    Place your bets

  20. The moment Israeli and Ukrainian aid are seperate he will change his tune. If he manages to seperate them there will be no incentive for him to pass Ukrainian aid.

  21. 😂 fuck that guy, he sat on bill for 6 months.

  22. Presuming this actually passes, and presuming the combination of Europe ramping up and America jumping out of the penalty box is effective, the only way that this is bad for the GOP is because you know who will be bitching and bellyaching all the way through November about why it’s bad that Ukraine isn’t losing and why what the US is doing is unfair or some bullshit. I cannot wait to ignore all the bullshit about the border, which absolutely does not matter one bit, as long at the primary international priority is taken care of already.

  23. I’d say better late than never, but that doesn’t feel right…

  24. Hes still on the payroll for ruznefts local corner gas station in DC. The rump led publicrats aid and abet terrorists. Komrade Mikhail will be hung by his own kind though. I got my popcorn. 

  26. He probably realized that him not putting this up to vote is going to cause more Republicans to resign which means the Democrats would get a majority and he would no longer be speaker. Plus, he’s probably mad at MTG for being a raging idiot who keeps on attacking him and anybody else who isn’t “stepping in line”.

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