House Democrats rescue Mike Johnson to save $95bn aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/house-democrats-mike-johnson-foreign-aid
House Democrats rescue Mike Johnson to save $95bn aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/house-democrats-mike-johnson-foreign-aid
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Good. Ukraine can’t wait any more.
Good, fuck those Russian puppets who would have tanked it.
Whatever it takes.
Russia cannot take Ukraine. I know Trump and MAGA want it to happen too.
It’s stupid they shoved there tick tock “ban” into this aid bill.
This is wonderful news!
How many lives and kilometers were lost due to this self-serving clown’s inaction, only for him to turn around and eventually bring it to a vote? This “government” is an absolute joke.
People forget working with the other side used to be normal. You used to have people who whether you disagreed on most issues you still could find some common ground with.
Things were different before the days of the MAGA cult. Not to say the political process was good but it was better than the absolute nightmare it’s become.
Once again, Democrats are forced to be the adults in the room.
Look, the house and the senate shouldn’t be allowed to pass on bills voted in the opposite house. There should be a required 30 day debate clause (or some arbitrary number) followed by an automatic call to vote. Why should one party get to just lock up legislation because the opposition party voted for it?
Wait so there was no border deal which means democrats got aid package without the border deal it was added earlier? If Republican Party was any more incompetent, it would be a legit party.
Guess Johnson got the message that House Dem leadership has been sending this week. Give us Ukraine and Israel aid and you get to keep your job.
Seemed like momentum was building anyway with a second right wing psycho joining MTG’s motion to vacate. The same crew will certainly move to get rid of Johnson if foreign aid passes.
It’s really saying something that creepy Mike Johnson (who shares his porn intake with his son) is the (relatively) reasonable voice in the Republican party.
It’s incredible how easily Trump is manipulated. One dinner with the Polish leader and he’s suddenly in favor of Ukraine aid. All Duda has to do was tell him how powerful he is and that the prosecutions are all shams and Trump will do anything he wanted
It’s incredible how easily Trump is manipulated. One dinner with the Polish leader and he’s suddenly in favor of Ukraine aid. All Duda has to do was tell him how powerful he is and that the prosecutions are all shams and Trump will do anything he wanted
This vote is taking place six months too late and Republicans should be ashamed.
* Johnson got a boost from Donald Trump last week when they held an event together at the former president’s residence in Florida and, again, on Thursday when Trump made a post on social media that did not actively oppose aid for Ukraine.
* Trump appeared to warm to the idea after having dinner with Andrzej Duda, Poland’s far-right president, in New York on Tuesday, with Poland very wary about the power of an emboldened neighbor Russia to threaten Eastern Europe
I still don’t understand Trump’s support of Johnson. Not to mention, Trump’s meeting with the President of Poland.
Did anyone catch the bit about Trump relenting about aide to Ukraine after having a dinner with the Polish President? Literally all you have to do to change his mind is stroke his ego a little bit.
Absolutely zero mention that this bill also includes the tik tok ban which is fucking insane. The fact that the government can slide things that are completely unrelated into a defense aid bill is absurd, and the media not covering it is a whole different level.
Are there far right working with Russia?
Looks like Johnson’s about to get yeeted from the House.
what a novel idea.. government by compromise.
Rescue? Grow up. We want our leaders to cooperate with each other and negotiate.
With the TikTok ban I wonder if it will pass the Senate or if they’ll strip it and return to the House? They had the TikTok bill already and don’t seem interested in it.
Will the aid go to Ukraine now?
What happened to the FART patrol? Sure seems like MAGA wing is so obnoxious and obstructive they’ve made themselves irrelevant.
Why pour money into a war with Israel when Israel refuses to play nice with it’s neighbors? Just give the Palestinians their state. Stop committing genocide to get more land.
We got what we wanted for some reasonable compromises.
WTF? This wasn’t a rescue, this is just how normal political negotiations work.
… But I guess it’s been so long since anything normal has happened the media doesn’t know how to report it.
> Trump appeared to warm to the idea after having dinner with Andrzej Duda, Poland’s far-right president, in New York on Tuesday, with Poland very wary about the power of an emboldened neighbor Russia to threaten eastern Europe.
Why is Trump meeting with foreign leaders? He’s a private citizen with no power.