The White House Gives MAGA Mike Johnson A Massive Reality Check

It was a brief honeymoon for MAGA Mike Johnson, as the new Speaker of the House was slammed by the White House for trying to separate Israel and Ukraine aid.

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On Sunday morning on Fox News, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that he was going to shaft Ukraine and pursue a stand-alone aid bill for Israel.

Johnson said:

We will move a stand-alone Israel funding bill this week in the House. I know our colleagues, our Republican colleagues in the Senate have a similar measure. We believe that that is a pressing and urgent need. There are lots of things going on around the world that we have to address, and we will.

But right now, what’s happening in Israel takes the immediate attention, and I think we’ve got to separate that and get it through. I believe there will be bipartisan support for that, and I’m going to push very hard for it.

It is sort of adorable that the Gilead Keebler Elf thought that he had that sort of power.

The White House Straightened Out Johnson

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