There are rumors that Mike Johnson (R-Trump's Pocket) will allow a vote on the aid bill that funds Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The Senate smartly packaged those so that Sinophobes and anti-Palestinian conservatives could find their way towards defying the de facto head of the Republican Party: Vladimir Putin. If there's an up-or-down vote, I would expect the package to pass.
What could happen after that is a motion to vacate that will almost certainly pass...unless Democrats agree to keep Johnson in power for at least a few more weeks. It's unclear how many Republicans will move to vacate the Speaker's Chair and also how much attention Trump can shed on the House while his trial is moving forward (quite briskly, too).
We have so starved Ukraine of needed aid that the tide of the war is shifting against them. Ideally, provided them with more ammunition can blunt the expected Russian spring offensive. This is a life or death moment for a democracy against an authoritarian ghoul, and it all could come down to whether Trump's hush money trial distracts him enough to allow it to slip through.
The next question is what concessions Democrats can wring from Johnson - aside from Ukraine - to keep the gavel in his tiny, sweaty hands.
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