In a spasm of anger, 3 #FarRight#Republicans on the #RulesCommittee, which controls what #legislation comes to the #House floor, refused to back rule needed to bring up the #aid bill, putting it on track to die in cmte. But every Democrat on the panel stepped in to save it in extraordinary breach of custom.
The #FarRightlawmakers won their seats on the #RulesCommittee as part of a deal made by fmr speaker #KevinMcCarthy, who haggled w/ #ultraconservatives opposing his leadership & only agreed to back him after he gave them critical leverage. They refused to support the measure to bring up the #aid package bc it wouldn’t allow a vote on #extremism#border security they prioritize over #Ukraine.
#House Speaker #MikeJohnson is plowing ahead on a #ForeignAid plan that has roiled his conference & prompted 2 #Republicans to push an effort to oust him….
But instead of the complex 4-part plan he floated this week, Johnson now intends to try to pass 5 bills — 1 each for #aid to #Ukraine, #Israel, & #IndoPacific allies, …a #GOP wish list of #ForeignPolicy priorities & a 5th…to address widespread Republican… [#border ] demands….
#GOP leadership announced that the #House would stay in session until Sat to consider the bills.
[good friggin luck]
The new approach is risky & is already blowing up on the speaker, who…is being threatened by …#MarjorieTaylorGreene to invoke a “motion to vacate” to topple #MikeJohnson if he puts #Ukraine#aid on the floor, something to which many #FarRight#Republicans aka consumers of [#Russian#disinformation; #Putin & #Trump lackeys] object.
#FarRight#Arizona "#electionIntegrity" zealot, #AustinSmith, has based his entire identity on outrage over nonexistent #electionFraud. He wants a system where the electorate is comprised exclusively of white, #Christian, conservative men, just as #Jesus intended. So you might be surprised to learn that he's just been caught forging hundreds of signatures on his petition to run for state office.
#House Speaker #MikeJohnson’s job is in serious jeopardy as #FarRight members are threatening to oust him after the #Republican leader proposed a complex plan intended to #fund key foreign #allies during wartime.
Johnson introduced a 4-part prop Mon night to decouple #aid for #Israel, which faced a barrage of missiles & drone threats from #Iran over the weekend, & help for #Ukraine in its fight against #Russia, along w/2 other measures.
The #farRight continues to invent lies to prop up their fact-free worldview. It must be a constant struggle to make up nonsense to keep their fundamentally broken, anti-intellectual followers steeped in ignorance. To be clear, the media, including mainstream and progressive outlets covered Rep. #JacksonLee's factually baseless #eclipse claims almost immediately. But that doesn't fit the #rightwing narrative, so #TheBlaze has made up this bullshit.