saying they will call a vote to oust johnson over his decision to bring up ukraine aid, and that s going to go to the floor for a vote. that is how much the far right does not want to help ukraine combat russia s war of aggression. and this is not just a problem for the republican party. it is a problem for ukraine and america, and the rest of the world. because ukraine, and the vote on ukraine funding, has become a leverage point for russia. the washington post has some explosive reporting today on newly revealed documents from inside vladimir putin s government. documents which show how russia is seeking to subvert western support for ukraine and disrupt the domestic politics of the united states and european countries through propaganda campaigns and supporting isolationist and extremist policies. russia is fomenting division over ukraine because it wants to weaken america s role in the
because he has the coalition of democrats and republicans, the senate has already voted 70-30 with a bipartisan majority for ukraine. he knows it would be him and him only who would get the blame for handing ukraine to vladimir putin. so i don t think this suggests any conversion inside the republican party to understand the way it is influenced by russia. in the here and now, and for today at least, we should celebrate that. do you have an expectation that we will be looking for a new speaker of the house? what is your expectation for the u.s. congress? what happens next? so my senses are that there are some democrats who will oppose this. should speaker johnson go through with his proposal to bring aid to ukraine, aid to israel and humanitarian assistance before the house.
smallest margin in u.s. history. i have a one-vote margin. listen, we are not going to get 100% of what we want right now because we have the smallest majority in history and we only have the majority in one chamber. despite what speaker johnson understands her, far right members of this party are now saying they will call in a vote to oust johnson over his decision to bring up ukraine aid and that is going to go to the floor for a vote. that is how much the far right vote does not want to help combat russia s war of aggression. and this is not just a problem for the republican party, it is a problem for ukraine and america and the rest of the world because ukraine and the voting ukraine funding has become a leverage point for russia. the washington post has some explosive reporting today a newly revealed documents from inside vladimir putin s government. documents that show how russia is seeking to subvert western support for ukraine and disrupt the domestic politics of the
because we have the smallest majority in history and we only have the majority in one chamber. despite what speaker johnson understands here, far-right members of his party are now saying they ll vote to oust johnson over bringing up ukraine aid. that s how much the far-right does not want to help ukraine combat russia s war of aggression. and this is not just a problem for the republican party. it is a problem for ukraine and america and the rest of the world. because ukraine and the vote on ukraine funding has become a leverage point for russia. the washington post had some explosive reporting today on newly revealed documents from inside vladimir putin s government, documents which show how russia is seeking to subvert western support for ukraine and disrupt the domestic politics of the united states and european countries through propaganda campaigns and supporting
both as a matter of sort of republican functionality, and also in terms of the calls of western-style liberal democracy around the world. do you think the fact that speaker johnson is willing to bring up this ukraine aid funding to the chagrin of the far right members of his caucus is a signal that house republicans are finally beginning to realize that they have been employed as useful idiots for the kremlin? no. i would not go that far. it seems as if speaker johnson has made an individual decision that it would be a disaster for the united states to abandon ukraine, and i think he knows that this would be his legacy, right? his political obituary would lead with his abandonment of ukraine, because he has a coalition of democrats and republicans that support ukraine. the senate is already voted 70- 30, with a big bipartisan majority for ukraine. so he knows it would be him and him only that would get the blame for handing ukraine to vladimir putin. so i don t think this suggests