{"id":2226165,"date":"2024-04-20T18:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T22:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mike-johnson-rips-democrats-for-flying-ukraine-flags-on-house-floor\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T18:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T22:25:46","slug":"speaker-mike-johnson-rips-democrats-for-flying-ukraine-flags-on-house-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mike-johnson-rips-democrats-for-flying-ukraine-flags-on-house-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Mike Johnson criticizes Democrats for displaying Ukraine flags on the House floor"},"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\">26<\/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-mike-johnson-rips-democrats-for-flying-ukraine-flags-on-house-floor%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=2226165&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>House \u2062Speaker\u2063 Mike Johnson (R-LA) criticized Democrats for displaying Ukraine flags on the House floor after\u2064 voting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-rebukes-lindsey-graham-exceptionally-bad-idea-to-assassinate-vladimir-putin\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Rebukes Lindsey Graham: 'Exceptionally Bad Idea' to Assassinate Vladimir Putin\">provide military aid<\/a> to Ukraine. Some Republicans disagreed, wanting to prioritize border security \u2062funding. Separate votes allocated $60\u200c billion to\u2062 Ukraine, $17 billion to Israel, $9\u2062 billion\u2063 to humanitarian aid, and $8 billion to\u2064 support Taiwan. House Democrats chanting \u201cUkraine!\u201d\u2063 faced Republican\u200b backlash. \u200dJohnson emphasized unity \u2064under one flag.  <\/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>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) slammed Democrats Saturday afternoon for flying Ukraine flags on the House floor following a vote to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bennett-zelensky-speak-after-ukraine-leader-suggests-jerusalem-host-peace-talks\/\" title=\"Bennett, Zelensky Speak After Ukraine Leader Suggests Jerusalem Host Peace Talks\">send military aid<\/a> to the European country.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson faced pushback from some Republicans in the House who wanted him to hold votes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\" title=\"Congressional Republicans Call on Biden Administration to Act Swiftly on Ethiopia Crisis\">foreign aid<\/a> spending until more funding for <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 measures<\/a> was secured.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/human-rights-campaign-fires-president-after-he-advised-andrew-cuomo-during-sexual-misconduct-scandal\/\" title=\"Human Rights Campaign Fires President After He Advised Andrew Cuomo During Sexual Misconduct Scandal\">separate vote<\/a> was taken on each aid proposal with $60 billion allocated for Ukraine, about $17 billion for Israel, $9 billion for humanitarian aid, and $8 billion to support Taiwan. Another bill that could ban TikTok if the company is not divested from Chinese control was also passed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to waving Ukraine flags, many House Democrats also chanted \u201cUkraine!\u201d on the Houses floor, which earned sharp pushback from many Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not normal times here in the House or around the world as we all know, and we saw a disturbance here on the House floor just a bit ago,\u201d Johnson said at a brief press conference following the passage of the spending package. \u201cI just want to say simply what I think most people around the country understand and agree\u00a0\u2014 we should only wave one flag on the House floor and I think we know which flag that is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson noted that the world has been destabilized by America\u2019s primary foreign enemies, Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a global threat to our prosperity, and our security,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir advance threatens the free world, and it demands American leadership. If we turn our backs right now, the consequences could be devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said the legislation \u201cprovides for greater accountability over Ukraine aid, it forces an end game strategy for the Ukraine war, it includes a loan instrument of this foreign aid to Ukraine and the REPO Act, to ensure that Russian assets pay for part of the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to keep an eye on every dollar that we\u2019re using and investing at this time,\u201d he later added. \u201cI\u2019ve said it very simply, I\u2019ll say it once again. It\u2019s an old military adage. But we would rather send bullets to the conflict overseas than our own boys, our troops. And I think this is an important moment, an important opportunity to make that decision. We allowed the House to do that. And I expect the Senate will make the same decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a> (R-LA): &#8220;I don\u2019t walk around this building being worried about a motion to vacate. I have to do my job. We did. I&#8217;ve done here what I believe to be the right thing and that is to allow the House to work its will.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bmordvy1Zj\">pic.twitter.com\/Bmordvy1Zj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1781757010230345924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) criticized Democrats for raising Ukraine flags on the House floor post voting for military aid to the country. Some GOP members urged Johnson to delay foreign aid votes until allocating more funds for border security, facing backlash within the party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2226166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2148845135-scaled-e1713374338712.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2148845135-scaled-e1713374338712.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226165","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\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}