{"id":2223150,"date":"2024-04-17T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-promised-to-fix-the-border-before-funneling-money-overseas-hes-doing-the-opposite\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:29:56","slug":"mike-johnson-promised-to-fix-the-border-before-funneling-money-overseas-hes-doing-the-opposite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-promised-to-fix-the-border-before-funneling-money-overseas-hes-doing-the-opposite\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson vowed to address border issues but instead diverted funds abroad, going against his promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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-johnson-promised-to-fix-the-border-before-funneling-money-overseas-hes-doing-the-opposite%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=2223150&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 text discusses Republican Rep. Mike Johnson&#8217;s shifting stance\u2063 on funding for the Russia-Ukraine \u200dwar and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">border security issues<\/a>. Johnson initially\u200b opposed providing funds but later supported them, leading to criticism and questions about his priorities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-elon-musk-presses-robinhood-ceo-about-gamestop-fiasco-restricted-trading\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Elon Musk Presses Robinhood CEO About GameStop Fiasco, Restricted Trading\">decision-making process<\/a> as\u2062 House Speaker. The passage highlights Republican Rep. Mike Johnson&#8217;s evolving position on financing the\u200c Russia-Ukraine conflict \u200dand border\u200d security matters. Initially against funding, Johnson&#8217;s subsequent support raised concerns about his leadership, priorities, \u2063and decision-making as the House \u200dSpeaker.  <\/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>Before Republican Rep. Mike Johnson became speaker of the House, he wasn\u2019t an open proponent of bankrolling the Russia-Ukraine war. Even the Lousiana native\u2019s first few months with the gavel were marked by his repeated pledge that the lower chamber would not pass legislation promising money to secure other nation\u2019s borders while ours was still under attack.<\/p>\n<p>Now that his leadership is threatened thanks to his continual collusion with Democrats and establishment Republicans, however, the self-proclaimed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1780253175447982577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cwartime speaker\u201d<\/a> is abandoning his <a href=\"https:\/\/gopforukraine.com\/legislator\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record<\/a> of Ukraine skepticism in favor of joining the push for an <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/31\/how-much-more-will-washington-spend-bankrolling-ukraine-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endless stream of money to a corrupt overseas regime<\/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__b89e9-2062085360\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9cc5ba2307da8dff30bc5a96416af9d5 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9cc5ba2307da8dff30bc5a96416af9d5\"><\/div>\n<p>In May 2023, Johnson, then an individual member, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/5-things-to-know-about-mike-johnson-the-gop-s-latest-house-speaker-nominee\/ar-AA1iPc3Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declined to support another blank check<\/a> to Kyiv because the U.S. \u201cshould 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.\u201d\u00a0Less than one month before becoming speaker, Johnson also voted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1775877703092064603\">no<\/a> on a bill that promised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/09\/28\/kevin-mccarthy-ukraine-aid-pentagon-bill-00118723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$300 million more to Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/mike-johnson-delivers-remarks-after-being-elected-house-speaker-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post-speaker election remarks<\/a>, which featured shoutouts to Israel and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-line-for-senior-job-at-state-sanders-aide-accuses-biden-of-illegal-military-action\/\" title=\"In Line For Senior Job at State, Sanders Aide Accuses Biden of Illegal Military Action\">foreign policy issues<\/a>, made no mention of the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2023\/10\/26\/speaker-mike-johnson-biden-israel-ukraine\">he met with President Joe Biden<\/a> at the White House to discuss passing Israel and Ukraine spending packages, Johnson changed his tune.<\/p>\n<p>Just one week after he began presiding over the House of Representatives, Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?531600-1\/house-republican-leadership-news-conference#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> a GOP agenda that hinted at fulfilling \u201cobligations \u2026 around the world\u201d but promised to \u201ctake care of our own House first.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cccdc5f2420008440b431ca89825460a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cccdc5f2420008440b431ca89825460a\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will take care of a border in Ukraine. We need to take care of America\u2019s border as well,\u201d Johnson declared. <\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/local\/manateecounty\/speaker-johnson-sarasota\/67-a1b6e616-8de8-41cd-92ad-cc050cdd0b9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quick colleague fundraising trip<\/a> to Florida in November, Johnson again confirmed the forever war overseas \u201cis another priority\u201d but claimed further funding hinged on \u201cchanging our own border policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"3bczO2RuIVN65QympizwN9SU4OXbW0hqY8k1Ljtn7T7VGn1gPBQSoo8lfspmdqKGeZCwKECMvvaxgP3UHxFAjJ2TJDs\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speaker Mike Johnson: \u201cUkraine is another priority\u2026We can\u2019t allow Vladimir Putin to march through Europe.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wI8eeDtZZi\">pic.twitter.com\/wI8eeDtZZi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Republicans for Ukraine (@GOP4Ukraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOP4Ukraine\/status\/1729219484852895961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For months, Johnson teased and taunted voters sick of seeing their taxpayer dollars thrown at a proxy war in Eastern Europe with promises to address domestic problems such as the ongoing border invasion, and punish the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1744723456829366721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">people responsible for incentivizing it. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In December, Johnson said the American border should be Republicans\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2023-12-05\/house-speaker-johnson-is-insisting-on-sweeping-border-security-changes-in-a-deal-for-ukraine-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201chill to die on.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-027c6889c214a280eb8a9f7108e55752 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-027c6889c214a280eb8a9f7108e55752\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe battle is for the border,\u201d Johnson stated. \u201cWe do that first as a top priority, and we\u2019ll take care of these other obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson even made a big show of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2024\/01\/03\/texas-mexico-border-house-speaker-johnson-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visiting the U.S.-Mexico border<\/a> and demanding the border be \u201cclosed and secured\u201d before the House would consider more foreign spending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf President Biden wants a supplemental spending bill focused on national security, it better begin by defending America\u2019s national security. It begins right here on our southern border,\u201d Johnson said in Eagle Pass.<\/p>\n<p>He said he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/17\/news\/house-speaker-johnson-to-press-white-house-for-border-solution-before-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeated<\/a> the sentiment during a meeting with Biden the next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u00a0told the president what I have been saying for many months, and that is that we must have change at the border \u2014 substantive policy change,\u201d\u00a0Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson continued what appeared to be a commitment to true border security at the beginning of 2024 when he deemed the Senate\u2019s bad border bill <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2024\/01\/26\/johnson-calls-senate-border-deal-dead-on-arrival-in-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cdead on arrival.\u201d<\/a> He also proceeded with impeachment articles for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/johnson-unchanged-ukraine-border-crisis-despite-pressure-intense-white-house-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticized<\/a> the Senate for passing a bill that included provisions for Ukraine but not the U.S. border.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"SqplHFWJoeIdf7z0xL2tnBGi396DjPgMUCuQrmRaZE\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Republican-led house is being jammed with bad legislation by its OWN SPEAKER. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a> what changed? Who\u2019s advising you? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QofHC3mj6O\">pic.twitter.com\/QofHC3mj6O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Scott Perry (@RepScottPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepScottPerry\/status\/1780326293843710366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Yet when the time came in March to put the money where his mouth was, Johnson and more than 130 House Republicans did not hesitate to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/07\/mike-johnson-proves-republicans-arent-serious-about-stopping-democrats-border-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrat-led $460 billion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/07\/mike-johnson-proves-republicans-arent-serious-about-stopping-democrats-border-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spending bill<\/a> that did nothing about the mass influx of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-slam-establishment-gop-for-rushed-and-secret-border-negotiations-with-democrats\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans criticize establishment GOP for hasty and secretive border talks with Democrats\">border crossers illegally entering<\/a> the country.<\/p>\n<p>Around that same time, Johnson\u2019s Ukraine talk also started to shift. He began trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/02\/mike-johnsons-ukraine-first-agenda-shows-hes-no-different-than-mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finagle new ways, such as loans and redistributing frozen Russian assets<\/a>, to get Volodymyr Zelensky quick cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven President Trump has talked about the loan concept where we set up \u2014 we\u2019re not just giving foreign aid,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6350055589112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Fox News. <\/a>\u201cWe\u2019re setting it up in a relationship where they can provide it back to us when the time is right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lured by the promise that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1780272229089149260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats will help him<\/a> keep his currently threatened position if he takes up their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/12\/house-speaker-kills-effort-to-stop-the-feds-from-spying-on-americans-without-warrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">causes<\/a>, Johnson is dead set on bankrolling Ukraine against his conference and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/16\/poll-voters-say-stopping-bidens-border-invasion-is-more-important-than-funding-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American voters\u2019 wishes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson has spent the last couple of weeks in particular entertaining spending bills, which will likely be lumped together in reconciliation, that send money to Kyiv, Israel, and Taiwan. His decision to yield to and even join the uniparty\u2019s Ukraine campaign proves he is actively sabotaging the little leverage House Republicans have. <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also sabotaging his position as speaker. Republican Rep. Thomas Massie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repthomasmassie\/status\/1780230330844168394?s=46&#038;t=G1nRzF-HvbepVmWZPyfXAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> Tuesday night that he would cosponsor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s motion to vacate.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, however, is unfazed. Ukraine\u2019s borders, not our own, are his new \u201chill to die on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not resigning and it is, in my view, an absurd notion that someone would bring a vacate motion when we are simply here trying to do our jobs,\u201d Johnson said in a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s so-called vision to \u201csave the country,\u201d however, doesn\u2019t begin with addressing Americans\u2019 mounting concerns about inflation, the border, lawfare, or any other issue plaguing our \u201cbeleaguered republic.\u201d According to the speaker, saving America begins with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/why-ukraine-losing-russia-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">caving to corporate media demands<\/a> and sending Ukraine billions more dollars.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"dfXOpp8eVy3VxUCjWoAvqi49sRbvhDNIHPG1dlkzT273itygJsLcDF9nwnZNYmUuQMJRFaLBcKSSEku\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, rejecting a call that he step down from office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ssm7ey8X37\">pic.twitter.com\/Ssm7ey8X37<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Associated Press (@AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/1780298394591805468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The battle this \u201cwartime speaker\u201d is ready to fight isn\u2019t at home for his voters but nearly 5,000 miles and an ocean away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bcc0d1a9255227080f49dc95e20ebc0f fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bcc0d1a9255227080f49dc95e20ebc0f\"><\/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>Before assuming the role of House speaker, Republican Rep. 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