Mike Johnson’s Shockingly Pro-Ukraine Speech Really Sticks It to MAGA
https://newrepublic.com/article/180808/mike-johnson-pro-ukraine-speech-maga-deep-state-lie
Mike Johnson’s Shockingly Pro-Ukraine Speech Really Sticks It to MAGA
https://newrepublic.com/article/180808/mike-johnson-pro-ukraine-speech-maga-deep-state-lie
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Not sure what happened here, but it’s encouraging. Just a few more Republicans with some spine would really have an impact.
This is the ONE time I actually hope the MIC lobbyist got to all the legislators.
It’s interesting to me that Johnson has, at least in some ways, really ignored MAGA marching orders.
I think someone gave Mike a briefing that scared him. He probably was told why this is important for the US and that he better do it.
I don’t know who this guy is but I’m happy he replaced speaker Johnson.
Good for Mike Johnson!
Who’d a thunk that he had an idea like that in his head AND the spine to express it loudly and clearly in public
He can see what is going to happen in the next election cycle. It’s time to realign as a republican politician and as a party. It is time to stand apart from MAGA. This isn’t altruism, this is a play to be at the forefront of the next iteration of the Republican Party. It is, however, the right decision and course of action.
I wonder if they are staring to realize following Trump off the cliff is a not so good idea
I have a strong feeling that Johnson knows that Trumps days are over, when the GOP loses the House , Senate, presidency and a surprising number of down ballot races in the next election he will be well placed to make a future bid for control of whatever is leaft. I’m hoping it is very little and the Democratic party splits as the “new” two party system, though I doubt it.
The right is popping off at this guy. Simply doing his job makes him the biggest traitor in their eyes
Yes I’m glad the legislation is actually moving forward. And barring anything bad, it means aid will go where it is needed. With that said, I still am not at all warming up to him. His delays have literally cost people their lives. Damage has been done, people who would be alive today are no longer with us. All for nothing.
Hell, the border itself is not even being addressed. So yeah, I’m glad he finally is calling out russia for what it is and needed to be done. But not for a moment am I going to applaud him for doing what was expected and should have been done months ago.
He finally got how not supporting Ukraine would jeopardize the United States and empower Russia, China, North Korea, and any country that wants to invade another one
He has no majority. He has very low support and infighting amoungst his party members. His hands are tied. He knows it. He knows working with Dems is the only way.
A broken clock is still right twice a day.
He’s a radical, but not an idiot. He can see the writing on the wall. MAGA is going to take a beating in November, and he’s going to do his best to be on top of whatever is left of the GOP.
Just don’t forget… he’s still a Christian Nationalist radical… and still a threat.
Ukraine is Drowning.
Get it fucking done.
Best use of my taxpayer dollars ever.
I hope he did not order new drapes for his office….
Words are wind. Pass the bill then we can pat him on the back.
I hate to break it to you, but mike johnson is NOT doing this because hes quitting maga or whatever. The dude is a crazy fundamentalist christian at the end of the day. Hes doing this because he sees the tides shifting and wants to get out ahead of it. I suspect he knows his tenure is short (literally and figuratively) so might as well take advantage.
Pro Ukraine is pro NATO, pro Democracy, pro capitalism and pro freedom. So who is against these things?
Wonder if this has anything to do with the Russian spies arrested in Germany for scouting US military bases with intent to sabotage.
Credit to Mike. More credit if it gets done. As long as Ukraine wins the war, they can celebrate him with a statue in Kyiv for all I care. I don’t like his politics, but doing the right thing goes a long way.
There is some hope that eventually a tipping point is reached regarding Trump, and suddenly the majority of the people supporting him or trying to ride on his coattails finally realize that he isn’t doing them any good, and his support will collapse seemingly overnight in an almost bizarre shift. And 10 years from now, you will have a hard time convincing any Republican to admit that they ever supported Trump.
But Trump has survived insanely far, and it does feel hard to imagine that if a tipping point hasn’t been reached, then one will never be reached, and Trump will die of old age (and bad lifestyles) before his supporters turn against him.
It’s now shocking to stand up for bare minimum off democracy when the tanks have already been in Ukraine for 2 years.
I don’t think anything in the briefing related to Ukraine scared him. I think someone showed him the poll numbers of people in the US that support funding Ukraine.
Well I’ll be …
It is about time. Why did it take so much time to come to this realization? Pisses me off.
Should have been a no brainer. Ridiculous.
The Moscow wing of the GOP is pissed that their party is betraying Putin after all the aid he’s provided them.
He made a deal with dems and as long as he sticks to his side the dems will make him MTG proof.
Ukraine=Poland
Seeing a rotation out of MAGA and GOP hedging their bets
Because his son is going into the military next year. He said it in his speech.
These people don’t care if thousands of children are kidnapped, Russia can rain bombs on hospitals all day long and he would not give one solitary fuck. Until it hits close to home.
He just wants to make women second-class citizens and kick Russian ass. Hell yeah, now that’s the Republican party I remember!
Guess who’s the next speaker to be kicked out?