{"id":2122839,"date":"2023-12-12T13:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-unmoved-by-meeting-with-ukrainian-president-zelensky\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:59:00","slug":"speaker-johnson-unmoved-by-meeting-with-ukrainian-president-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-unmoved-by-meeting-with-ukrainian-president-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson remains unswayed after meeting Ukrainian President Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspeaker-johnson-unmoved-by-meeting-with-ukrainian-president-zelensky%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2122839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Speaker Stands Firm on Ukraine Aid, Demands Border Security<\/h2>\n<p>Following his \u200cmeeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reiterated his unwavering stance \u200con providing aid to Ukraine. Johnson made it clear that the House would not release any funds without first seeing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-gov-abbott-mexican-gov-strike-agreement-to-secure-part-of-texas-mexico-border\/\" title=\"GOP Gov. Abbott, Mexican Gov. Strike Agreement To Secure Part Of Texas-Mexico Border\">comprehensive border security<\/a> and immigration package. Unfortunately, the \u2064chances of\u2062 this happening before the\u2064 year ends are slim.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since assuming the role of speaker, Johnson has remained steadfast in his refusal to pass Ukraine aid without accompanying border \u2062security legislation. This has created a deadlock between\u200d him and the White House, which has requested Congress to pass a supplemental bill totaling over $100 billion,\u200d including more than $60 billion for Ukraine&#8217;s defense against Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<h3>Speaker Johnson: America Stands with\u2063 Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after his meeting with Zelensky, Speaker Johnson reassured the public that America continues to support Ukraine. However, he expressed his disappointment in the lack of a clear strategy from the White House to ensure Ukraine&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden administration seems \u200bto be asking \u200dfor billions of additional dollars without appropriate oversight, a clear winning strategy, or any answers that\u2063 the American people deserve,&#8221; Johnson stated.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 addition, Johnson and other House Republicans have\u2063 made it clear that they will not vote for aid to Ukraine\u2064 until there is significant progress in border security.\u200b Unfortunately, with talks at a \u2062standstill in the Senate, it is likely that any border \u2063security package will have to wait until next year. This means that Ukraine will not receive additional funding this year to assist in their \u2063fight against\u2063 Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s stance on providing aid to Ukraine?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063 House\u2064 Speaker Mike Johnson\u200b (R-LA) reiterated his firm stance on providing aid to Ukraine following his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Johnson \u2063made it clear\u2064 that \u2064the House\u200d would not release any\u200c funds without first seeing a \u200dcomprehensive border security and immigration package. However, the\u200b chances\u2064 of\u200c this happening before the year \u2062ends are slim.<\/p>\n<p>Since assuming the role of\u200b speaker, Johnson has remained\u200d steadfast in his refusal to \u2062pass Ukraine aid without accompanying border security legislation. \u2063This has created a deadlock between him and the White \u200bHouse, which has \u200brequested Congress to pass a supplemental bill \u200dtotaling over\u2063 $100 billion, including more than $60 billion for Ukraine&#8217;s defense against Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after his meeting with Zelensky, Speaker Johnson reassured the public \u2063that America continues to support Ukraine. However, he expressed his disappointment in the lack of\u2062 a clear strategy from the White House to \u200bensure\u200b Ukraine&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden administration seems\u200c to be asking for billions of \u200dadditional dollars without appropriate oversight,\u200d a clear\u200b winning strategy, or any\u2064 answers that the American people deserve,&#8221; Johnson stated.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Johnson and other House Republicans have made it clear\u200c that they will not vote\u200d for aid to Ukraine until there is\u2063 significant progress in border security. Unfortunately, with\u200c talks at a standstill in the Senate, \u200dit is likely that any border security package will\u2064 have to wait \u2062until next year. This means that Ukraine will \u2063not receive additional funding this year to assist in their fight against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-on-turbine-powered-grid-get-a-shocking-notice-when-the-wind-stops-blowing\/\" title=\"Turbine-powered grid users shocked by wind outage notice.\">situation raises concerns<\/a> about the ongoing conflict between Ukraine \u200cand Russia,\u200d as \u200dwell \u200cas the importance of border security for the United States. While Speaker Johnson&#8217;s firm stance reflects his commitment\u2062 to ensuring comprehensive \u200csolutions, the impasse \u200dwith the White House highlights the challenges in achieving consensus and timely \u200caction in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weekend-media-wrap-vol-4-what-you-missed-if-you-werent-glued-to-the-sunday-shows\/\" title=\"Weekend Media Recap: Catch Up on Sunday Shows Highlights\">current political\u200d climate<\/a>. As the year comes \u2063to \u200ban end, the focus\u200c will now \u200dshift towards next year, with hopes\u2064 for progress in both border security and Ukraine aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) restated his position after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He emphasized that aid to Ukraine would only be sent if a border security and immigration package is presented, which is unlikely in the current year. Johnson remains steadfast in his refusal, as he has been throughout his tenure as speaker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2122840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2122839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2122839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2122840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2122839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2122839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2122839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}