Johnson has repeatedly voted against Ukraine funding but also sounded like a Russia hawk. His comments this week tilt in the latter direction and suggest that funding is a priority.
On its surface, the elevation of Mike Johnson to House speaker would seem to be bad news for Ukraine funding. The Louisiana congressman has an “F”But the reality is more complicated. Despite his voting record, Johnson’s rhetoric has often aligned with the party’s Russia hawks. And after winning the gavel, he’s saying the kinds of things that suggest that the funding is a priority.Advertisement
Perhaps most notably, Johnson actually broached Ukraine funding before Hannity did. Johnson mentioned it alongside other immediate concerns while downplaying other issues. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine’s sovereign territory threatens the greatest destabilization of the world order since and constitutes a national security threat to the entire West,” he
“We should not be sending another $40 billion abroad when our own border is in chaos, American mothers are struggling to find baby formula, gas prices are at record highs, and American families are struggling to make ends meet, without sufficient oversight over where the money will go,” heBut that kind of talk is more the exception than the rule when it comes to Johnson’s relatively infrequent public commentary.
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