This should not come as a surprise.
Facing an ever-diminishing number of Republican representatives willing to support Joe Biden’s demand for massive and unending spending for Ukraine, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson now tells DC media he will pass the spending with Democrat votes.
Retention and continuation of spending for Ukraine is the ultimate example of a UniParty Congress. The powers that control the mechanics of spending taxpayer money simply don’t care how much opposition exists amid the taxpayers. They will fund Ukraine, and public opinion means naught.
Emphasis mine, because there’s an ancillary story.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia — Speaker Mike Johnson told POLITICO that he expects to pass a future Ukraine assistance bill with Democratic votes, an acknowledgment of the persistent resistance to any new aid within the GOP.
Johnson said in a Thursday interview at the House Republican retreat that aid to both Ukraine and Israel could come up as one or even two separate bills. He said he anticipates it would happen using the House’s suspension calendar, which he’s used often in recent days to overcome pushback from his own party. (read more)
This type of outlook and UniParty ideology is what leads to this next dose of sunlight. President Trump refused to attend the Sulphur Springs retreat and talk to the Republicans gathered there.
(Daily Mail) – Former President Donald Trump rebuffed an offer to speak at the House GOP retreat in West Virginia, instead choosing to appear at a Florida court case related to his handling of classified documents.
The former president joined more than 100 House Republicans who chose to skip out their annual retreat, where GOP leadership hopes to get its free-wheeling conference behind a united message after months of inner turmoil.
Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Thursday he will impress upon members the importance of ‘stand[ing] together’ as they discuss their strategy on the economy, border and foreign policy.
The only way to turn it around is to stop the fighting, so says the speaker.
‘Everyone says the next election cycle is the most important one of our lifetimes. We’re all accustomed to saying that, we say it every election cycle. Everybody knows this one truly is,’ Johnson said.
‘We have entire industries, sectors in the economy facing existential threats … the world is a tinderbox right now, because our stature on the world stage has been diminished,’ he went on. ‘There are so many problems.’
‘We have to stand together stick together. Get the job done,’ said Johnson. I’m absolutely convinced if we do that. They’re going to expand our house majority give us the Senate and the Republicans will take the White House as well and then we will all be in a much better mood next January because the agenda will change 180 degrees.’
But a stay at the plush Greenbrier Resort in the Allegheny Mountains was not enough to entice more than half of House Republicans. (read more)
The MAGA influence is fracturing the Republican apparatus. The traditional GOPe of Wall Street and Multinational donors is now about half of the Republican conference. The other half is MAGA-minded.
It’s progress, but painfully slow. The Ukraine funding issue has helped to identify the two groups more clearly; however, it is going to take a lot more effort to remove the remaining GOPe globalists. Keep fighting.
Considering the terrible damage inflicted to the House of Representatives by:
Plus: turncoat “Republicans” like Liz Cheney, etc., the schemes of the IC, etc., etc., it is surprising the nation is not already destroyed.
IF Johnson wants to correct anything, he would be digging out of a deep hole.
We will see.
Will see?
Are you kidding us.
That is the correct syntax, will see not we’ll see.
Wrong. It’s the wrong tense. Future tense is incorrect.
“We see now” (present tense) or “we have seen” (past tense) are both far more accurate.
Mike Johnson continues to prove to be simply another RINO traitor to America. He demonstrates No spine, no willingness to stand for the Constitution and long-proven values. He’s a gutless coward who does the Blob’s bidding.
That’s all present tense.
Man, I is English so has no axe to grind. But I would say ‘we’ll see’ and ‘will see’ are both making statements about a future state of affairs. The only difference is the subject of the sentence: in one case it’s ‘we’, in the other it’s unspecified so could be ‘he, you, we or they’.
Don’t speak for me.
My intent was “will see?’ as in yeah, right, we have already seen and still see exactly what Johnson is about.
Simply put, Mike Johnson’s past, current, and apparent future behavior can best be described with simple sign language requiring only one finger. Hopefully, that was helpful to those who struggled in their English tutorial classes way back when.
TY.
Both of your descriptions of tense are apt for my intent.
Always somebody trying to spin something because they can’t win any other way.
Yes. I think most of us see Johnson for what he is and likely has been for some time. It’s more of the same greedy self interest that has corrupted the majority of politicians in the Republican Party.
A widening public awareness of this corruption is the first step towards correcting the problem.
I take it that the original poster is covering somewhat for Johnson, saying that the hole is so deep that Johnson can only overcome it through incremental steps. So the original poster believes that Johnson will get out of that hole in the future, hence we will see.
I don’t agree with that assessment. As Speaker of the House he could be a major impediment to anything that is happening and I see him as a weak RINO who has already capitulated long ago.
If I could only be Speaker for one day. I may be assassinated, but I definitely would do the right thing. That’s why I doubt Johnson’s “Christian” credentials, much like Pence who coincidentally is also a ‘Mike’.
Certainly no Saint Michael the Archangel between those two Bozos. This $7 trillion a year needs to end!
🎯 👍
We’ll is a contraction of either we will or we shall.
I think BK may be indicating no future tense is necessary.
Present tense is applicable.
We’ll see is just a contraction, standing for we will see.
He ain’t got the Mardi Gras marbles to pull it off. A stand-in until the next treasonous bastardo comes by. Again people need to stop pretending. FJB IS A RESIDENT and every thing else is a downright kabuki theater dance.
agreed. Did not like this guy from the get go
This guy is a stooge.
but..but…he would like get your $$$$$$…
It’s called the Ukraine Shuffle.
Johnson will get those “important spending bills” passed with Democrats? Kind of says it all.
..no they call it united states of ukraine…..
If Johnson wanted to dig America out of a deep hole, he would not be sending billions of US tax payer $$$, to the most corrupt place on earth, a place of strategic importance to us.
He would be fighting to stop the Southern border invasion.
Those 80,000 + armed IRS peons will come in very handy when you need to squeeze every last cent from The People, only to send that blood money to fund unpopular foreign wars.
Johnson and the rest of the Uniparty could CARE LESS. They’re only in it for the paycheck.
A place of no strategic importance to us.
amen to that
Agreed…with one exception. The second most corrupt place on earth….
This guy is FUBAR
BlackRock made him do it.
Don’t forget Boehner before that….
Johnson appears to be a McCarthy….with just a little bit more ruse to make you think…its not the PIG that it is!
He is NOT one of us! MAGA! And that’s where we are taking this party……they can straighten out their heads and join our party….or they can end up in the traitor bin! That’s a ship sailingbto Gitmo and never coming back with bodies on it!
Something tells me that once one finds themselves in DC as a representative of “The People” they soon receive the Pablo Escobar welcome (i.e., “We are offering you gold or lead, your choice, my friend) and the corruption continues unabated.
Johnson was to appease faith based people. I recall it was said of him that he had no enemies.
NOT very “christ-like.”
Jesus had multitudes of enemies: any human serving the prince of darkness was presented as an enemy.
That tell about Johnson was broadcast far and wide.
It will be an ugly process to jar people out of their brainwashed states. And then remains a decision to join the effort to restore the Republic.
he need to hit door as RONNA….
He reminds me so much of Mike Pence it’s sickening!
And it goes back even farther than that:
Boehner
Pelosi (II)
Hastert
We need Byron Donalds. He’s a nice guy with a backbone who says what he means, and means it!
No, Speaker Johnson. We’ll all be in a better mood next January after as many as possible Uniparty empty suits have been replaced by actual servants of we the people. Your little kumbaya secret squirrel meeting is t helping in the slightest. Sunlight☀️, Sunlight ☀️and more Sunlight ☀️☀️☀️
I’m still optimistic that we can find some that are worthy to support and that can articulate something like common sense for a change.
Does anyone have a list of attendees and nonattendees?
please mr politician can I have some moe
PDJT did not dwell too long on Greg Kelly’s question about stopping Uke funding. Pres T needs to keep the issues that are plaguing & dividing Barry’s & Corrupt Joe’s party to stay hot. He needs the opposing sides to direct their anger at demented Joe, not at Donald. Same with Israel & Gaza. He has expressed support for Israel and would likely want to go deeper but he can’t. He needs the Gaza supporters to show up in Chicago in August extremely ticked at Biden. No one on the planet knows better than Donald the incredible corruption, kick-backs, & money laundering that Uke is.
There is so much PDJT can’t say and should not say, yet. He entered Manhattan real estate from Queens and first learned how to survive, then thrive. I believe he is now a politically improved version of who he was in 2016. We’ve got to get him into the Oval office.
The dems and repukes are very comfortable with the current situation, and here’s why:
All $ that is approved by Congress to be sent to the Ukraine and/or Israel NEVER LEAVES THIS COUNTRY. It is the “boomerang” effect — it’s approved, then goes DIRECTLY into the DNC coffers and pocketbooks/checking accounts of the Democrats.
It’s all ONE BIG LIE. And as long as the “repubs” (think red side of the Uniparty) can continue to collect their paychecks and freely do their insider trading, they are quite comfortable also.
It’s a sickening situation and makes me mad as hell, but there it is. This can only be changed when those of us picking up the tab decide not to.
So I pray, go to bed, and try to sleep.
I’m from West Virginia and familiar with the resort there in White Sulphur Springs.
I attended a WVA state banking convention there years ago as a guest.
It’s a beautiful place but it is pretty dang expensive , especially adding in perks, which I’m sure they have like playing golf or spa visits.
First thing that jumped my mind when I started reading this is WHO is paying the bills for them to be there?
I hope it’s not taxpayers money. IDK but burns me up they choose these lap of luxury places for ” retreats”.
Sea Island Resort charges $30 for a milk shake. The GOP certainly likes the things our money buys them.
I gotta know what a $30 shake tastes like. GD, that’s pretty f’in good milkshake!
It’s liquefied child.
Been there as a child.
Then found out it was the bug out hq for DC when I was an adult.
Johnson is scum, which we knew
But he’s a Christian … just like us, right? So he must be good? Just like Romney could do no wrong in the minds of a majority of Mormon Utah voters …
No. He isn’t.
Johnson’s the typical DC sell out and is just as “Christian” as Pence, 0’Bama, and the Clintons. To paraphrase Henry IV, “The DC Swamp is worth wearing some Christian camouflage.”
Think 30 pence 2.0…
TELL AS ABOT JOHNNY MCSTAIN WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW…….
Well said
Who here had any doubt this would ultimately come to pass? Maybe there is 5% cut for the “little guy,” Mike Johnson.
Or the Dems have some dirt on him like they do on many others. Perhaps they should turn it around and do the same to the Dems.
If the speaker was strong and Republicans were united, we wouldn’t need war.
Some heavy duty persuasion of various types would suffice.
Johnson has been in over his head since he became speaker!
Johnson is a johnson. How do we continually end up with Republicans like this? Everyone worried we didn’t have a Speaker? Probably the best week or whatever we’ve had this term. No one could cause any damage.
One Party
It is impossible to hide.
The back-and- forth faux debates have been outted.
No more pretense.
Yank this RINO out of there! Why is it that we can’t seem to trust any politicians? It seems their sole requirement for office is their ability to lie with a straight face! Come on, man!
And, for some strange reason, their “fellow republicans” vote them in.
Where’s Waldo?
Or should I say which Waldo is talking this time?
Video confirmation of Johnson’s support for Ukraine funding is during Biden’s yelling speech; Johnson was nodding in agreement. How does he think that is remotely a good thing to do? 😳😡😳😡.
i must say that I see this in more than a few Christians—ones that truly follow God. They are completely blinded by politicians that profess Jesus. I have had 3 in my immediate circle tell me recently how good of a man Johnson is and we are so blessed to have such a godly man as Speaker. And they also got sucked in to the “support for Ukraine” narrative. Compassion, dontcha know? They are all Fox watchers, so I guess that is what Fox is feeding the public.
They certainly do not have the wisdom and discernment that comes only from God!
I could be wrong but maybe Johnson is doing this so we don’t lose anymore RINOs, giving the house to the left before the election… Ken Buck stated there are five more RINOs that could leave after him giving the house gavel to Hakeem Jeffries.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-against-donald-trump-ken-buck-1878848
Buck – o is bailing out now so as to stick a shiv in Lauren Boebert’s back.
I do hope Ken Buck gets all that he deserves.
For Speaker Johnson, enjoy this while you can because your time is short.
Boot Johnson out ASAP!!! They are bankrupting the USA and ruing the economy for Trump!!!
Shame on Johnson!!! Shame on him!!!!
Just a short 40 second clip.
Three months ago this
is what Johnson said
about the aid to Ukraine…
Speaker Johnson Tells Zelenskiy No Ukraine Aid Without Border Deal – YouTube
☝️☝️☝️
3 months and $1 trillion dollars later.
Hunter Burisma seat depends on it! I am an EX RNC Donor (never again in this lifetime), at this point I won’t vote for Trump if he Runs as a GOP POS. I will NEVER vote for anyone associate with the GOP again in this lifetime. I expect the GOP controlled congress to continue to fund the Biden Family WAR in Ukraine, I expect to vote a straight DEM ticket. GOP->GFY.
I ain’t followin’ ya.
Not certain he does either.
Seeing as the Democrat party, and most of their voters, are all in for the carnage.
Same here.
Wondering if there
was a wee too much
Dipping in the Night…
😂🤣😂😂🤣
SO, just because you don’t get your way, you’re gonna commit suicide you’re part of the problem.
That will for sure fix the problem. NOT
What does a NightDipper dip? Get help.
Go away troll.
Q: If Mike Johnson & the UniParty were stranded on an island, who would survive?
A: America!
The pretending and spending continues because the cabal got you all convinced Russia invaded Ukraine. They didnt.
People look at me like I’ve got two heads when I say the same.
I thought I was alone. Hello brother.
You are definitely not alone. Not in a very big crowd, but not alone.
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We’re going into debt a trillion dollars every one hundred days now with no sign of it slowing down. The interest alone on our debt is approaching the size of our military budget.Politicians are spending us into oblivion without any care. Ukraine is just another example of it. It’s only a matter of time before the system collapses now. Buckle up, things are about to get worse.
Government & deep state are behind this and gearing up for the collapse of the dollar to introduce the digital dollar and social network scoring as the border is flooded with the replacement population – the ultimate controller of the nation’s population.
SAAAAAADLY… this creeeepy sh*t show end only with collapse of $…saaaaad…they act as drunken sailors…..
It’s not a party,it’s a club .
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss .
And he doesn’t mention the border 🤔🙄🤬
Speaker Johnson has been a huge disappointment.
He’s nothing but a RINO, just like the rest of them.
You wonder what they have on him to force the bullshit votes he has run so far.
I certainly hope that President Trump understands – fully – that Johnson is just another RINO. Could he even be relied on to certify a Trump win in 2024?
No more AMERICAN money to Ukraine, Israel, Middle East, Asia, South America, Europe, NATO, UN, WHO and anybody else who is not a citizen of these “united” States.
Jefferson Davis said of the Confederate States that they just want to be left alone…..and no more than now does that sentiment apply.
We will not be truly free until we break the stranglehold Mordor-on-the-Potomac has on the sovereign States. Read the Declaration….we didn’t found a country….we didn’t establish a nation…there were 13 peace treaties with the crown, one for each Sovereign State….the Union died when Lincoln and his crowd killed it.
That is what we need to do to get our freedom back. Secede or Die!
You’re not worthy of kissing Abraham Lincoln’s feet. You and your slave loving confederate trash would have allied themselves with Nazi Germany if they had lasted long enough.
And another one and another one and another one bites the dust….! Johnson is looking more like Monty Python’s hapless, arm-less, leg-less and brainless knight every day. He fooled me. What a decepticon he is turning out to be.
Heavy sigh.
It’s just a scratch
Where is Matt Gatz and his band of trusty Republicans?????????
Probably saving people in Haiti, like Cory Mills did earlier this week.
Go back to Huffington Post, they miss you.
Little that congress does in for the people of America unless you want to count the ‘selected’ few. Either you have to be on welfare or rich. Middle is shadows.
I would suggest that dividing people into classes is just that, division.
Either politicians make everything better or they make everything worse. If a law is beneficial to more than half of the population, it is probably a decent law. All of these new laws are beneficial to a select few.
Think of the tax rate as a bell curve. If you had 0% taxation, the receipts would be almost $0.00 and if you had 100% taxation the receipts would be almost $0.00 and you’d probably have a revolution to boot.
There’s always a soft spot in the middle. These utopian, statist, collectivists (Demonrats and Republicons) can just never seem to get that.
Deep state just installed another puppet. Surely the elevator goes to the top floor and all you find is big tech.
So he is traitor as well. Smug POS.
A politician wearing a religion on his sleeve is a good sign the wrong thing will be done.
Make sure Biden gets his 10% is the name of this charade. The self enrichment wing (all of them) has struck again.
**** you, Johnson!!!!
Not one more penny for this stupid ******* war!!!
DEFEND OUR OWN BORDERS, YOU TRAITOROUS IDIOT!!!!
Call him. Write him. Remind him that they got lucky on 1/6. If they keep ignoring voters, they really will get an insurrection.
It’s a good reminder, though, that we have NO REPRESENTATION in Washington. This is the lunacy you get under one party rule.
Last Fall I said “Let’s see what he does. He won’t be able to hide forever.” So here we are, and Mike Johnson really IS a fraud.
We have no representation in Washington and most state capitals.
Not sure why anyone thought this Speaker would be any different from the last Speaker when this Speaker was elected by the same people who elected the last Speaker.
Right
Don’t you wonder what is really going on? That is NOT the real White House!
Dan Bongino says there are three Republicans ‘plotting to retire and hand the House over to the Democrats.’
—–CitizenFreePress
If true, Johnson is facing a choice –Be the Uniparty lackey or lose GOP majority control:
Pass the Ukraine Bill
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OR . .
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Three Republics are prepared to immediately retire which will hand the House over to Democrat control for the remainder of the year.
More overseas spending. No accountability, no info about where it went, just more, more, more.
The laundry must not run out of water … 💰
So much for “MAGA” Mike. Another disappointment. But we knew it was coming.
Does not look good for Mike Johnson. He has forgotten why we wanted him there.
Then they wonder why we don’t want to vote for Republicans either.
Can’t close the border and billions flushed in the Ukraine, and you want to tell me America is not broken.
What a pathetic little nothing burger this lackwit has turned out to be. Hey mikey, enjoy your thirty pieces of silver.
Ukraine lost the war, why dump more money in it.
Congressional stock portfolios depend on it.
A storm is coming that will borne by those who just want to be left alone. Though I can’t say how far away it presently is, I will say that if you’re paying attention, you can now feel its building. Though I wish the storm wasn’t necessary, I think it’s the only way we achieve the changes needed to survive as a nation.
Rome wasn’t built in a day so keep truck in’ we will get there one way or another…
…smile/grin of clown on peasants……