New Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson (R-La.) stated a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine may empower China in feedback Thursday.
“We will’t permit Vladimir Putin to prevail in Ukraine, as a result of I don’t imagine it might cease there, and it might most likely encourage and empower China to maybe make a transfer on Taiwan. We’ve got these issues,” Johnson stated in an interview with Fox Information host Sean Hannity.
“We’re not going to desert them, however we’ve a duty, a stewardship duty, over the dear treasure of the American individuals, and we’ve to be sure that the White Home is offering the individuals with some accountability for the {dollars},” Johnson continued with regard to funding to Ukraine.
Johnson has proven skepticism towards extra help to Ukraine prior to now, voting in opposition to two totally different appropriations payments that supplied help to the Ukrainians in September and final yr. After gaining the gavel, Johnson was requested whether or not he supported further help to Ukraine.
“All of us do … we’re going to have circumstances on that, so we’re working by way of,” Johnson stated whereas strolling by way of the Capitol, in a clip posted Wednesday to X, the platform previously generally known as Twitter.
“We wish accountability, and we wish aims which might be clear from the White Home,“ Johnson later stated in response to a query about what the circumstances could be.
President Biden introduced the sending of a finances request to Congress requesting help for each Israel and Ukraine in a speech final Thursday. The request is anticipated to be about $100 billion, with a big portion of the funds for Ukraine.
Johnson stated he instructed the White Home he desires to separate the problems of the conflict in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas battle.
“I instructed the employees on the White Home as we speak, that our consensus amongst Home Republicans is that we have to bifurcate these points,” Johnson instructed Hannity.
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