'Several' Republicans Ready To Sign Discharge Petition Against Mike Johnson

A discharge petition, if adopted by a majority in the US House of Representatives, would force a vote for Ukraine aid, bypassing the republican majority speaker Mike Johnson, who is currently blocking the vote.

It would however require a number of republican house representatives to go against their own speaker to achieve a majority for the discharge petition, helping to save Ukraine from the Russian onslaught - they would be required to prioritise Ukrainian lives over party politics.

The threat of a discharge petition can also put additional pressure on Johnson.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick said he spoke to "several" other Republicans in the House who are prepared to find another way of bringing forward, in some form, a $95 billion foreign aid bill agreed on by the Senate.

"I wouldn't necessarily phrase this as going around anybody, this is just to add a pressure point," Fitzpatrick said on The Lead with Jake Tapper on February 27.

Tapper asked the Pennsylvania Republican if there were other Republicans willing to support efforts to bring a Ukraine deal to the House floor. Fitzpatrick said he was unwilling to name any of the supportive Republicans he spoke to, but that there were "several."

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