Speaker Johnson’s Forging Ahead With Ukraine Aid Is ‘Playing Chicken’ With His Party’s Right Flank: Political Analyst

Bipartisanship has advanced the $95-billion aid bill that includes strong support for Ukraine—and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is putting his job on the line to do so.

NTD’s contributor Mike Leon, who’s the director of policy and strategy at the Free and Equal Elections Foundation, as well as the host of the “Can We Please Talk?” news commentary podcast, weighs in on the issue. He says Mr. Johnson has effectively “played chicken” with the more deeply conservative members of his conference, as some Republicans have been threatening to introduce motions to vacate his position.

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