Will Mike Johnson Do the Right Thing?
The Republican House Speaker says yes, sort of
The need for military aid to Ukraine is critical and the support is bipartisan, unless you are a Freedom Caucus member and believe that Putin and Russia will leave if Trump gets elected. That’s actually what one of the obstructionist Members said today, offering no proof or evidence.
Speaker Johnson seems to have announced a Ukraine vote will take place Saturday night. I say ‘seems to’ because he has spent months waffling on this action while Ukrainians die, Russia is empowered, and Ukraine’s infrastructure is methodically destroyed by a madman.
With the vote announcement it looks like Johnson has finally decided to stand up to the far right, his buddies, and try to lead instead of vaguely suggesting he might do this or that.
It may be because those Freedom Caucus colleagues are openly embracing the Russian dictator and creating a mythology that says he will act differently in the future. Putin will never change because he is a true believer in a Russian empire and always has been.
Now the entire Republican House will finally have to face reality and do what many of them claim to want to do: support democracy and the sovereignty of our allies by funding Ukraine, even if it means working with Democrats.
