{"id":2211427,"date":"2024-04-02T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnsons-ukraine-first-agenda-shows-hes-no-different-than-mitch-mcconnell\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:39:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:39:43","slug":"mike-johnsons-ukraine-first-agenda-shows-hes-no-different-than-mitch-mcconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnsons-ukraine-first-agenda-shows-hes-no-different-than-mitch-mcconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson&#8217;s focus on &#8216;Ukraine First&#8217; reveals similarities to Mitch McConnell"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmike-johnsons-ukraine-first-agenda-shows-hes-no-different-than-mitch-mcconnell%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=2211427&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--><p>The article discusses\u200b House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s intention to allocate\u200c more U.S. taxpayer funds to Ukraine and the \u200bsimilarities between his approach \u200band that of Senate Minority Leader\u2064 Mitch McConnell in supporting Ukraine financially. Johnson&#8217;s planned funding initiatives and McConnell&#8217;s persistent focus on providing aid to Ukraine \u200bare \u200dhighlighted\u2062 in the \u200ctext. The article delves into House\u200b Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s proposal to allocate additional \u200bU.S. taxpayer funds to Ukraine and draws parallels between his strategy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch \u2064McConnell\u2019s support for Ukraine financially. It covers Johnson\u2019s funding plans,\u200d McConnell\u2019s \u200cunwavering focus on aiding Ukraine, and the similarities \u200cin their approaches towards assisting the\u2064 country economically.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>After helping Democrats fund President Biden\u2019s authoritarian regime for the rest of the year, House Speaker Mike Johnson is now gearing up to aimlessly dump more U.S. taxpayer money into Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>During a Sunday interview on Fox News, the weak-tea Louisiana Republican revealed several options for the House to ship tens of billions of dollars to Kyiv amid the latter\u2019s ongoing conflict with Russia. The Senate previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/13\/gop-leadership-is-obviously-corrupt-but-these-senators-are-standing-up-for-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> a $95 billion foreign spending package in February that included funding for (mostly) Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan but <em>zero<\/em> provisions addressing America\u2019s ongoing border invasion. The bill passed with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1757374147687030910?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">22 Republican senators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2022579863\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b0f31eb0edba7722d7551a6d93a94c68 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b0f31eb0edba7722d7551a6d93a94c68\"><\/div>\n<p>Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/01\/us\/politics\/mike-johnson-ukraine-aid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ideas<\/a> suggested by Johnson was using the REPO Act, which he claimed would allow for the sale of Russian sovereign assets frozen by the United States. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/01\/us\/politics\/mike-johnson-ukraine-aid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> by The New York Times, \u201cOnly about $5 billion or so of Russian assets are in the hands of U.S. institutions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Congress advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$113 billion<\/a> for Ukraine in 2022 alone, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.<\/p>\n<p>Another option considered by Johnson is a nonsensical plan <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/trump-pushes-ukraine-aid-loan-014648755.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backed<\/a> by former President Trump to loan Ukraine the money and have the Eastern European nation pay it back to the U.S. at a later date. The idea has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/republicans-skeptical-trump-ukraine-loan-wont-be-paid-2024-3?op=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generated<\/a> opposition and skepticism from some of the Senate\u2019s more conservative members, such as Ohio\u2019s J.D. Vance and Missouri\u2019s Josh Hawley.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson expressed interest in tying a provision to whatever Ukraine spending package is ultimately crafted that \u201cwould force President Biden to reverse a moratorium on liquefied natural gas exports,\u201d according to the Times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6033317273429a8055ad811320308cc7 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6033317273429a8055ad811320308cc7\"><\/div>\n<p>Given Republicans\u2019 slim majority and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4495764-house-freedom-caucus-mocks-mcconnell-as-d-ukraine-after-retirement-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expected<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chiproytx\/status\/1774802187404603626?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposition<\/a> from members of the House Freedom Caucus, it\u2019s likely Johnson will once again require Democrat support to get a potential Ukraine spending measure over the finish line. As The Federalist\u2019s Sean Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1771201096016429553?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously highlighted<\/a>, every spending bill passed by the House under Johnson\u2019s speakership has done so with more Democrat support than Republican.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/13\/speaker-mike-johnson-will-be-firing-himself-if-he-caves-on-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Speaker Mike Johnson Will Be Firing Himself If He Caves On Ukraine<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most recently, the GOP House speaker colluded behind the scenes with Biden, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Democrat congressional leadership to ram through a series of government funding bills <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/20\/its-past-time-mike-johnson-grows-a-spine-and-stops-bidens-border-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">totaling<\/a> more than $1 trillion. Of course, none of the measures included any meaningful conservative priorities or provisions stopping the Biden-facilitated border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/22\/greene-files-motion-to-oust-speaker-johnson-after-house-passes-mega-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed<\/a> a resolution seeking Johnson\u2019s removal as speaker following the measure\u2019s passage. It was around this time that Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/axios\/status\/1771270562658071004?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledged<\/a> to move forward with authorizing additional U.S. funds for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7137987aacfba256a83218f7410fa8e9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7137987aacfba256a83218f7410fa8e9\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Johnson and McConnell: Two Sides of the Same Ukrainian Coin<\/h2>\n<p>If Johnson\u2019s obsession with bankrolling Ukraine\u2019s forever war against Russia seems familiar, it\u2019s because it\u2019s the same \u201cUkraine First, America Last\u201d mentality displayed by McConnell. <\/p>\n<p>As if he were a character featured on TLC\u2019s \u201cMy Strange Addiction,\u201d McConnell\u2019s sole focus has been on shipping billions of U.S. taxpayer funds to Kyiv since Moscow first invaded in February 2022. After <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/08\/with-his-sotu-ukraine-tie-mitch-mcconnell-advertised-which-country-hes-most-concerned-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dawning<\/a> a Ukrainian flag-colored tie during Biden\u2019s 2023 State of the Union address, for example, the Senate\u2019s highest-ranking Republican went on Fox News to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/16\/mcconnells-ukraine-obsession-further-illustrates-his-disregard-for-the-plights-of-everyday-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lecture<\/a> voters on why \u201cdefeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going on in the world right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s Ukraine obsession has only worsened in the months that followed. During an interview on CBS\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation\u201d in October, the Senate minority leader <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/27\/no-mitch-mcconnell-ukraine-aid-is-not-rebuilding-our-industrial-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">falsely claimed<\/a> that sending additional U.S. supplies to Kyiv is a good thing because it would help \u201crebuild[] our industrial base.\u201d In February, he <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/12\/mcconnell-tillis-openly-trash-dim-and-short-sighted-gop-voters-after-base-rejected-mcconnells-bogus-border-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lashed out<\/a> at conservatives opposed to more Ukraine funding, contending they have \u201cthe dimmest and most shortsighted views of our obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1774916043875492299?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> during a radio interview that, despite his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/04\/mcconnells-retirement-marks-the-end-of-the-disastrous-bush-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plans<\/a> to step down from leadership at the end of the year, he is focused on \u201cfighting back against the isolationist movement in my own party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe symbol of that lately is, \u2018Are we gonna help Ukraine or not?\u2019\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Johnson is a Polished Version of McConnell<\/h2>\n<p>Despite his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/14\/the-gop-is-a-fake-opposition-party-with-no-vision-for-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best attempts<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/20\/its-past-time-mike-johnson-grows-a-spine-and-stops-bidens-border-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feign outrage<\/a> about the country\u2019s biggest issues, Johnson isn\u2019t any different from McConnell. The former\u2019s repeated surrender on important budget fights and refusal to fight for conservative priorities demonstrates that he was never concerned about doing right by Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>The only difference between the two is that, unlike Johnson, McConnell doesn\u2019t pander to the GOP base and pretend to be something he\u2019s not. The Kentucky Republican regularly displays his disdain for conservatives and makes no secret of his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/28\/good-riddance-to-mitch-mcconnell-a-list-of-gop-senate-chiefs-worst-blunders-in-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">efforts<\/a> to sabotage their preferred candidates in elections \u2014 even if it means allowing the Democrat candidate to win. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Johnson goes out of his way to portray himself as a principled conservative who cares about stopping the Democrats\u2019 destructive agenda. In actuality, he\u2019s been nothing but a rubber stamp for Biden, greenlighting every regime-supported bill that\u2019s crossed his desk. <\/p>\n<p>Both Johnson and McConnell are complicit in helping Democrats destroy the country. Until conservatives get active in GOP primaries and ensure Republicans like these never occupy positions of power again, they can continue to expect Congress to remain business as usual. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c82d808cd153f6cdf0de16e4632d7912 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c82d808cd153f6cdf0de16e4632d7912\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson, after aiding Democrats in funding President Biden&#8217;s regime, is now preparing to allocate more U.S. taxpayer funds to Ukraine. 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