According to those in political circles who are instructed by the intelligence community, funding for Ukraine is the highest national priority. As an outcome we see all the DC politicians and beltway pundits pushing the same story, funding for Ukraine is the highest priority.
The key politicians within the dynamic exist inside information silos, essentially control mechanisms, where the intelligence community (IC) constructs reality by briefing the politicians about what is going on in the world. The IC tells the politicians what is happening, defines the importance and instructs the politicians on the priorities. The IC is never challenged because ultimately the IC has “seven ways to Sunday” to target the politicians if any non-compliance is identified.
Speaker Mike Johnson is one of the “gang-of-eight” members within the legislative branch. The Go8 are briefed and controlled by the IC, using the exact same intelligence given to the President. Speaker Johnson has the funding of Ukraine as his top priority, because the IC officials who set priorities have told him it must be. WATCH (prompted):
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(Via Fox News) – […] “When we return after this period, we’ll be moving a product. But it’s going to, I think, have some important innovations,” Johnson told Fox News’ “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy.”
Both the House and Senate are currently on the second week of a two-week recess, when lawmakers are working in their home districts. The House is back on Tuesday, April 9.