Behind SpeakerJohnson's Conversion on Ukraine Aid [View all]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) did something rarely, if ever, seen in the MAGA era when he won passage Saturday of a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

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The other three top congressional leaders Mitch McConnell, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer— pushed Johnson on how Russia would expand its war beyond Ukraine absent new weapons. Jeffries called it a "Churchill or Chamberlain moment."
President Biden's national security team, most importantly CIA Director Bill Burns, methodically walked Johnson through the damning intelligence.

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The intelligence was so eye-opening to Johnson that he soon begged colleagues to go to the secure government chamber to see it themselves, the N.Y. Times.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/21/behind-the-curtain-speaker-johnsons-historic-road-to-kyiv-conversion

I must say, the intelligence gathered must be quite concerning. I shudder to think what Putin’s plans are.