Mike Johnson gets Ukraine aid passed, risking his speakership

House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully passed critical aid to Ukraine this weekend - and risked the gavel to do it. Stuart Stevens and Juanita Tolliver discuss this rare show of Republican leadership, and whether it will cost Johnson his job.
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#Ukraine #HouseSpeaker #MikeJohnson

[@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354]

Bipartisanship is against the rules in the GOP.

[@terryharker6726]

You're about really FKD in the head. What country are you from? Life will not have any meaning.

[@krisniemczuk3452]

Bipartisan means bad to America

[@alpine7313]

Congratulations, you got you bipartisan agreement, now we've given billions more to fund foreign wars. Happy?

[@jamesfogerty2493]

Mike Johnson does need to become more aggressive and more assertive against The MAGA Republicans. This could possibly cost him The Speakership of The U.S. House Of Representatives.

[@mariastejereanu]

What new crazyness can we see from MAGAs? Mike Johnson did this very, very late for political games. As he said. From an European this kind of support is chaotic. UK changed parties, PMs, political turmoil but when it is about important foreign policies, they are as a rock. Thank you for your help to all the Americans that understand this sad situation in Ukraine and what it means for East Europe, at least.

[@pietromoopy2010]

Sad situation? These people want this war, they baited this war, and they will extend this war for as long as possible sacrificing Ukraine in the process.

[@andrewstevenson118]

If Congress is looking for a new speaker for their House, they may want to consider Bose. Higher quality, good left-right balance, noise cancellation features, and they won’t have to replace it in six months’ time.

[@radioqueenbee7008]

You win the internet today. Hold this W 🏆

[@chrisrobinson6041]

Country before party. If they all did that imagine what a country we would have.

[@seveglider8406]

It's about time Johnson did his job instead of trying to keep his job and appeasing trump!

[@fritzpollard266]

HIS JOB IS TO DO WHAT HIS CONSTITUENTS WANT You politically illiterate simpleton.

[@PauluzP]

Hea cuz sending billions tlo other cpuntries while millions of american have no heàlthcare and struggle. So lets keep sending them money so they can laundrer it back into their own pockets. And sensing money to Ukraine even tho the qeat keep provoking russia.

[@illuvatar5923]

If "doing his job" means thousands more will die to enrich war contractors, maybe it was better when he didn't?

[@sheridana5826]

Maga mike is NO martyr!!!

[@sandyd3686]

Not by any means !!🙄😳💙💙💙💙💙🌊🌊

[@ArikTheKat]

Voting for Biden because you don't like Trump is like eating poop 💩 because you don't like broccoli 😂

[@Tiffany-dn1vz]

Good thing!! At least this guy is for the country and about the country not abt the cult like Moscow M.T.G.

[@ArikTheKat]

MTG is a true American Patriot ❤

[@kirbyourenthusiasm]

Which country exactly is he “about”? Certainly not the US, or we wouldn’t be sending billions to Ukraine.

[@ArikTheKat]

@@kirbyourenthusiasm It's a money laundromat.

[@intika4530]

Which country is that? Ukraine?

[@johntillotson4254]

Juanita looks so elegant and beautiful

[@gantech7788]

Moscow Marge had her bluff called blinked.

[@ArikTheKat]

MTG is a true American Patriot

[@krisniemczuk3452]

Use your own brain to think.

[@muddyshoesgardener]

How much was designated for our people? Our elders and our vulnerable population? That’s the aid package I want to read about. My message for the folks in Congress who sent our money overseas- shame on you and your lack of patriotic duty!

[@M85619]

86 BILLION

[@Lauracita1980]

Thanks for passing legislation, Congress! Can we do some more of this?

[@harrisonbergeron9764]

So you support Foreign Wars. Did you do the Same when George W Bush was in Office. Inquiring minds want to know.

[@ShawnMicheldeMontaigne]

You cannot be a moral human being and oppose aid for Ukraine, who is in an existential battle not just for their very lives, but for democracy worldwide.

[@rickradix7464]

Yes, you can.

[@Noreb]

@@rickradix7464 no - you cant.

[@yourin8er]

@@rickradix7464how?

[@369Ether]

Relative helping a relative. Why would he not help? Always have. See below 1828 Noah Webster dictionary AMER'ICAN, adjective Pertaining to America. AMER'ICAN, noun A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America. The name America must always exalt the pride. of patriotism. - Washington My ancestors saw the same happening from the beginning. Stealing , land, money, and resources from labor with ink on paper. Meanwhile, the descendants of the Europeans who did exactly this same thing think good karma?

[@369Ether]

Democracy when you need help. Depending on who needs the help right? Hypocrites. So Democracy can go anywhere and steal original Americans land? In the name of democracy. Are you going to help the original Americans. Because we are still here. Or are you going help your distant relatives only? Like you always have. 1828 Noah Webster dictionary AMER'ICAN, adjective Pertaining to America. AMER'ICAN, noun A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. - Washington. Relative asking his relative across the ocean for help. With a pen, swoosh here is the money. Selective righteous behavior. Really psychotic if you ask me.

[@SNOOPYSNOOP1A]

WHO CARES ABOUT MAGA MIKE,WE CARE MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF 🇺🇦 UKRAINE, HE'S EXPENDABLE 😂😅

[@bunyipdragon9499]

He's not risking nothing. slimey mikey has made a strategic move, we'll find out why eventually. Also the rumour behind the scenes is that if emptyg goes ahead with trying to remove slimey mikey there are at least five gop reps that will resign. She's boxed herself in and is awaiting new orders!

[@The-RoyalKnight]

The only GOP that would resign over what she's doing are the pieces of s*** that are voting with the Democrats anyway good riddance to all of them. And this was a horrible piece of legislation that is going to make the American people poorer for no reason at all

[@timothybarrett9005]

Johnson shows up for work one day in six months...and then goes on vacation...smh

[@BrattyBetty]

Q: Why can’t Republicans ever be Vegan? A: Because all the turkeys playing chicken in a beef over pork is pretty fishy.

[@jackreisewitz6632]

MTG is just an over empowered Karen. Why doesn't someone just call the men in the white coats to come and collect her?? The really scary thing to think about is "What kind of people voted for her ???" Scary place to find yourself.

[@Thomas-em9du]

Biden needs packed away to the nut house 😊

[@russellchilton5631]

Good on him.

[@micnak3574]

MTG's antics are getting tiresome. In fact, more and more moderate GOP members are fed up. This, of course, is helping the Democrats. Thank you, MTG!

[@ArikTheKat]

MTG is a true American Patriot ❤

[@Hvacrpro123]

Margeri trator green should be deported to Russia asap.

[@hethm.8159]

Long time no see Juanita.

[@MichaelKrick-tu8jk]

How about this instead? Let's have apackage where we give every hard working, tax paying American $100,000 !!! AMERICANS FIRST! NOT LAST!!! OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR ONCE!!!

[@tootsgirl976]

Yup!..He is putting his position at risk!..Many ppl are now wondering if he is being blackmailed or perhaps bought off ..With our border being wide open, and Vets being forced to live on the streets of this country HAS to make one wonder!..We have already sent other countries enough money that SHOULD be spent right here!!!!!!! 5:36

[@alicegilbert4186]

Hey Moscow Marjorie Putin said you can come back to Russia. They miss you

[@ArikTheKat]

MTG is a true American Patriot ❤

[@mark140363]

It should have been brought to the floor 6 months ago. Johnson was the only obstacle to that. Unforgivable.

[@lordfriezachrist6546]

Why should a foreign issue be brought to the floor and ehy does Ukraine need our money?

[@TheChopf26]

Most Americans are against this bill.

[@harrylippidardo]

Should never have been brought at all. Let's borrow money to give it away. Brilliant!!!!

[@krisniemczuk3452]

Bullsxit

[@anak6940]

I wonder how much $$ he is going to get for signing

[@drgta6]

MTG is a clown. She doesn't have enough support to oust Johnson, so the only thing she can do is what she does best, which is constantly making unhinged threats and throwing tantrums.

[@SNOOPYSNOOP1A]

SHE'S A FEMALE VERSION OF TRUMP 😂

[@ybor20]

he's doing the Pence ..always wrong, just one time doing the right thing

[@austinbutler1291]

Ah yes thats what the American people need right now, to give ukrain more money.

[@crasigb]

Yeah! And why didn't the Senate go in on Saturday or Sunday and vote it through? Why wait until Monday?

[@DRKrust492]

Senate Republicans are trying to stop it. They are using delay tactics to put off the vote to try to intimidate enough members to block its passage. Putin owns GOP Senators as well as House members.

[@wtfisthishandlebullshit]

Redhatters simply cannot govern.

[@andrewstevenson118]

Didn't Stephen Crane write a Civil War-era book called "The Red Hat of Ignorance"?

[@markatkinson9963]

That is not their concern. They are there to just smash and bash the system. The intent is to create chaos.

[@BudFudlacker]

America 🇺🇸 sure was doing A LOT BETTER under Trump and that was important to many people!!!!

[@BudFudlacker]

​@andrewstevenson118 Didn't Fred Kurkuksky write a book called my Bosie was eaten by Cannibals in the ocean???? 😂😂😂😂

[@TransexualChrist-]

​@@BudFudlackerNo. It wasn't.

[@DvynRv6hn]

Mike Johnson made the right decision. MTG is a liar.

[@harrisonbergeron9764]

Ha Ha Ha Ha! Oh Wait Your Serious. Ha Ha Ha Ha!

[@aburakadabura2]

If you have money to build levees for flooding, hand out cash to us! The fools who shout, "Give us the cash!

[@harrylippidardo]

Borrowing money we don't have to give away is a terrible idea. If it is needed so bad, raise taxes or cut something else.

[@garydunscombe1762]

nominate Liz Cheeney for speaker

[@AnthonyMoss-pm1vc]

The worst thing ever to happen to democracy, the political party....

[@giancarlomeazzo3918]

Great job Johnson. You did what you knew you had to do. Just like Pense!

[@johntaylor4817]

“Let’s just say it the republicans are the problem.” This was written in 2012. “The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition. When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country’s challenges.” - Ornstein and Mann

[@johntillotson4254]

Juanita is sharp

[@daihunter3524]

If, as it seems, Johnson is willing to 'play ball' and be an honest broker while doing the right thing when it is clear what that is and what must be done IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, then the Dems should, and likely will, continue to support him in the position of Speaker. Bravo!

[@realvoicever]

US took 6 months to plan to get back at least 80% money (arms selling, repairing, maintaining and lots…) 😂

[@Joe-ey7cu]

Bipartisanship is what democracy is all about. Everyone has a voice, not just one.

[@jimmurdoch7745]

EmptyG and Slimey Mikey are from different worlds and completely different Political Parties..... Being "old", I had to look up the definition of the word "Dichotomy",... and it described this situation perfectly. 1. a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different:

[@leftyodaniels2645]

Hakeem Jeffries will be speaker by the 4th of July.

[@normaesteva3698]

We’ll be doomed.

[@jackreisewitz6632]

Someone said, "The voice of reason." Let's not get carried away. Doing the right thing ONCE doesn't qualify as the voice of reason. Being the leader of the conservative caucus doesn't qualify as something a reasonable man would do. Today's conservative caucus doesn't attract reasonable people.

[@TransexualChrist-]

Facts!

[@DEEliot-ky9cl]

So he did his job... nothing to praise him about

[@SNOOPYSNOOP1A]

GIVE HIM A 🍪COOKIE 😅

[@EricLaracy]

@@SNOOPYSNOOP1A ask victoria nuland

[@michaelm8027]

Perhaps a future edition of an urban dictionary might include the term “dumb blond” with a picture of M. Traitor Green? Under the term “to Bobbit a man,” a picture of Lauren Boobert might appear, in error of course.

[@frankpeter9145]

We are a democratic democracy. Be brave and vote Blue 💙 in 2024.

[@369Ether]

Nah. You stole our land. AMER'ICAN, adjective Pertaining to America. AMER'ICAN, noun A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. - Washington. Your ancestors stole the land by pen too. And blood. So by pen, we will get it back . With Creator's help. Its karma

[@normaesteva3698]

Use that money to close and protect the US borders.

[@M85619]

Close lol....

[@ivankavolkova2714]

🇺🇦🙏🏻❤️

[@aburakadabura2]

Mike Johnson You did an excellent job. The dignity and honor of the great United States of America has been preserved and human society saved from collapse by your courageous act in accordance with your righteous convictions.

[@edwardjnarrojr3135]

The Voice of Reason ❤

[@tonyscott6837]

We must vote Democrat in November to ensure the stability and progress of our democracy. The inconsistent policies and divisive rhetoric of the Republican party have proven detrimental to our nation's unity and well-being. By voting Democrat, we can work towards a more inclusive and prosperous future for all Americans.

[@sandyd3686]

Absolutely 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌊🌊

[@kirbyourenthusiasm]

That’s funny, whenever Dems are running things, my expenses go up and my income goes down.

[@chrissmith7669]

MTG is the one at risk of being ousted. Johnson isn’t at riskant longer

[@alicemonsell1352]

Did he risk anything? We don't know what background conversation went on behind closed doors. But we DO know that Frump did not criticize him. Sooooo how do you add up 2+2?

[@narithim8947]

His work for free world to save Ukraine from dictators , so no matter for his personal job. Mike Johnson is a god, he did a right thing for humanity.❤❤❤❤

[@aburakadabura2]

Mike Johnson He proved that conscience exists in America.

[@pusong6742]

It should passed earlier

[@dieterziehe1163]

Johnson did only the minimum, so the thanks only to Biden and to the Americans who are more supportive (and not doing only the bare minimum). Greetings from Germany.

[@BabarPervez]

This year, I am going to pay taxes like never before. How much more money are we going to give to Ukraine, I have to pay for my son's college, as well as outrageous insurance rates that are out of control.

[@markatkinson9963]

Join the club. Enjoy politics man.

[@rensinclair4218]

You decided to have children on a dangerous planet with no guarantees. Grow up.

[@rensinclair4218]

Americans are soft and coddled

[@susannehartl3067]

You have to pay for you son's college? That's US policy for you that has made education a commodidy. You have to pay for outrageous insurance rates? That is US policy in conjunction with climate change for you. Any more complaints? I am sure I can point to the real culprit to any of them and that is not how much money is spent on Ukraine. You're welcome...

[@maddogair]

The globe also need to come up off some coin too.

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

The way Trump has been flatulently flaunting his gag order. Everyone really needs to stand up to him and fart back!

[@blackknight3609]

Why, because he doesn't line up with Trumps agenda 😮

[@victoriavalentine8012]

Please, vote for progressive, vote blue! Based on Republicans behavior, vote Democrat! All the ballots!💙💙💙💙

[@lezgobranden1707]

"10% of the aid goes to the Big Guy"

[@robertmcintosh8773]

Johnson is being blackmailed by Our biggest 3 letter agency.

[@RayBolden-hv7iz]

Vote these do nothing Republicans out in nov 💙💙💙💙🇱🇷🇱🇷💙💙

[@craigrichardson4641]

I like how dude explained how to download the msnbc app like we were in preschool.

[@sharkny1580]

Juanita is intelligent and beautiful! 😍 😍 🤩

[@John-sg5un]

MTG....that should be a new mental health diagnostic abbreviation when the DSM Vl comes out.

[@wtfisthishandlebullshit]

I agree.

[@derekfuller2255]

Wicked 😢

[@ashmuntz612]

Im voting for the CIA When I see one of them as a candidate Then it will make it easier Us democrats love war and so do the republicans without Trump involvement Marylin sang me happy birthday It just depressing

[@donothingMTIAMG]

MTG 🇺🇲❤️👍

[@amyhartman6786]

How can 1 man make a difference on the vote though? If the republicans have the majority all they had to do was vote against it, so how exactly is it solely the house speaker's fault in the eye's of the republicans? In the end more republicans then just Johnson had to vote in favor get that to pass. How many times did a Democrat house member try and vacate Pelosi when she was speaker any time a part of a bill had passed one of them did not like?

[@theoxionis8310]

Lives are not saved with guns!!!😢

[@jamesmcdowell2412]

Mirage 200s and Mirage 200s and more Mirage 200s.❤

[@jamesfogerty2493]

Mike Johnson did the right thing. Mike Johnson is not a hero. This aid should have happened months ago. Mike Johnson if he does want more Democrat Political Party Support in The U.S. House Of Representatives he does need to behave more aggressively and more assertively against The MAGA Republicans more often.

[@user-sb8pl2kl8m]

good coverage but loose the irritating bald guy yelling at us at the end of the video...must be a better way to get that ad across

[@glennlauga4754]

Mike must not like the job of House Speaker

[@archieclement2977]

Another 60 billion dollars for the Ukrainians, and another 10 million illegal immigrants for us. Good job, Mike Johnson. Pantywaist.

[@dons3073]

Isn’t ukrain running out of soldiers

[@KeithFromHawaii]

Perfect description, Stuart 👍

[@melikebuttz4265]

Felicia has an opinion I guess

[@shai4ever]

Yeah MJ did just minimum...and we are all ecstatic, but in this Congress this is like wooow....what a courage, what a leader! Its a sad day when we have to applaud for doing something so basic! The bar for republicans is so low...can wait for normal times again!

[@AmyMelton-ee5ic]

I finally like he done it but he done his job

[@juanellwebb4102]

MAGA Mike gets no hero cookies.

[@johntillotson4254]

Juanita is very intelligent and strong.

[@yvonnepingleton5063]

The requirement to be fit for Republican office. Support Trump. Ya don't need to do or know anything else. Imo...

[@johntillotson4254]

I like his SW looking home

[@mocha7321]

Get mike out !!!!?

[@elgeezus8144]

Stop 🛑 Voting for these types ..

[@guystoffelen3772]

Finally a republican with balls!

[@quakerninja]

This four months to late stunt hurt a lot of people overr there so stop cheering for him doing the right thing. He didn't

[@DONTHATETHEPLAYA321]

Nothing for struggling Americans

[@MichaelBell-ut4jo]

Has my Y Alu Polymorphic Genes EM-215/EM-278 led to this war?? 👀

[@fairdinkum977]

So there's a .6 human on the jury that may be Republican? How's that work?😂

[@jamesaclark9526]

You just cant fix stupid! But redhatz help to Id.

[@anniesimones5334]

U do 👍

[@anniesimones5334]

Great

[@AlfCalson]

🇺🇦