The Biden administration, on Friday, formally endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) scheme to fund Ukraine’s border defense. The endorsement is an effort to rally House Democrats to essentially seize control of the Republican-controlled House. Democrats have a reason to bail Johnson out — he is not former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “McCarthy was both incompetent and dishonest,” said Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), but “Johnson is just incompetent.” “The administration strongly supports House passage of the national security supplemental package,” the White House’s statement read Friday. “This supplemental provides over...
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