"In 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Mike Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won as the money was funneled through the Texas-based American Ethane company." Now Speaker, Mike Johnson is blocking US aid to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia's invasion.
https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600
@JeanPDeliet Johnson isn't blocking US aid to Ukraine. That's not how the House of Representatives works.
Instead, we have elected representatives who aren't convinced that the aid would be put to good use, regardless of Johnson. Under House rules they'd just bypass the Speaker if he was standing in their way.
Call your representative and tell him to act. Don't let them scapegoat and point fingers at Johnson.
@volkris
Blocking? The House going on recess is not a Johnson doing? Johnson is the Speaker of the House and he supports Trump (and by extension Putin) but yes...call your representative
@JeanPDeliet Aid to Ukraine isn't some new idea.
The House had been in session, naming its post offices, criticizing China, and all of that for plenty of time when they could have passed aid had there been interest among the representatives we elected.
It's for good reason that the Speaker still has to respect the wishes of the chamber, as we saw when the last one was outed.
@volkris @JeanPDeliet The Senate has overwhelmingly passed a strong, bipartisan national security bill that will help Ukraine fight Putin.
If Speaker Johnson held a House vote, it would pass with bipartisan support.
Speaker Johnson did not hold a vote because the Failure to pass this bill is the best thing Putin could hope for right now.