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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,414 posts)
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 03:39 PM Apr 21

Mike Johnson earns bipartisan praise for backing Ukraine aid, suggesting his speakership is safe

Speaker Mike Johnson earned praise from both a top Republican and a progressive Democrat on Sunday for allowing votes on a $95 billion foreign aid package, suggesting he'll be able to hold onto his job if conservative hard-liners make good on their threat to force a vote to remove him as the leader of the House.

"I am so proud of the speaker, Mike Johnson. He went through a transformation," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, said on ABC News' "This Week." "At the end of the day, a profile in courage is putting the nation above yourself -- and that's what he did. He said, 'At the end of the day, I'm going to be on the right side of history, irrespective of my job,' and I think that was what I admired so much."

Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, agreed.

"I disagree with Speaker Johnson on many issues, and I've been very critical of him," Khanna told "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl in a separate interview. "But he did the right thing here and he deserves to keep his job 'til the end of his term."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-johnson-earns-bipartisan-praise-133535634.html

MTG in then mean time is have a roid fueled feces flinging fit.

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Mike Johnson earns bipartisan praise for backing Ukraine aid, suggesting his speakership is safe (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 21 OP
On big issues, nothing ever happens all on its own. DFW Apr 21 #1
Reactionary pols back MTG's unfavorite republican. Marcus IM Apr 21 #2
The most dangerous place to be is between Moscow Marge and a news microphone, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 21 #3

DFW

(54,494 posts)
1. On big issues, nothing ever happens all on its own.
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 04:01 PM
Apr 21

Johnson made his deal with the Democratic leadership long before the vote was taken.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,492 posts)
3. The most dangerous place to be is between Moscow Marge and a news microphone,
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 04:05 PM
Apr 21

other than that, she's MT headed.

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