Mike Johnson Gives Impassioned Ukraine Speech as He Defies MAGA

Speaker Mike Johnson said he will "take personal risk" by pushing ahead with his plans for a House vote on foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as fellow Republican representatives continue to call for him to vacate the chair.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on sending additional aid to Ukraine and Israel on Saturday as part of the $95 billion military funding. The package is divided into four bills, the third issuing funding for Taiwan. The fourth includes sanctions on Russia, China and Iran as well as measures to allow the seizing of frozen Russian central bank assets to aid Ukraine.

Seeking to appease the more right-leaning flank of the Republican Party, Johnson announced a fifth bill to provide further funding for security measures at the southern border with Mexico—a policy many in the GOP have made clear is a top priority. Each bill requires a separate vote.