Republicans need to go dwelling for Christmas, and Speaker Mike Johnson made it clear that he received’t preserve the Home in session to cross Ukraine assist and a border deal.
That is what Speaker Johnson needed to say to Hugh Hewitt:
He did say if the Home obtained the border restrictions it needs, he’d put it up for a vote. however he needs them to maneuver individually and was not committal on transferring a package deal containing Ukraine/Israel/border/Taiwan collectively
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) December 12, 2023
Speaker Johnson was making an attempt in charge the Senate, but when the border is such an pressing matter, why received’t Republicans within the Home keep in session to get the Senate extra time to hammer out a deal?
Simply so we’re all clear, the taxpayers pay Home Republicans to do a job, however they’ve no real interest in sticking round to do this job if it’ll intervene with their additional lengthy Christmas break. Home Republicans are going to shut up store for the yr both on Thursday, December 14 or by lunchtime on Friday, December 15.
At worst, that’s ten days earlier than Christmas. If the ‘border crisis’ is admittedly as pressing as they are saying it’s, Home Republicans might keep in session for an additional week to make sure that a deal covers each Ukraine assist and the border.
The message is that the border is essential sufficient to assist Putin by denying Ukraine assist, however it’s not so essential that Home Republicans will reduce their Christmas trip quick to do one thing about it.
The urgency of the border challenge is outwardly an act of fraud, as the true Home Republican motivation is to assist Putin and hurt Ukraine.
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