The Guardian Article RatingMike Johnson says he won't resign as Republican anger grows over foreign aid
Apr 16, 2024 View Original Article
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| "Johnson appeared emboldened by his meeting late last week with Donald Trump when the Republican former president threw him a political lifeline with a nod of support after their private talk at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "At his own press conference Tuesday, Johnson spoke of the importance of ensuring Trump, who is now at his criminal trial in New York, is re-elected to the White House." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "Johnson also spoke over the weekend with President Joe Biden as well as other congressional leaders about the emerging US aid package, which the speaker plans to move in separate votes for each section - with bills for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific region." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Johnson also spoke over the weekend with President Joe Biden as well as other congressional leaders about the emerging US aid package, which the speaker plans to move in separate votes for each section - with bills for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific region." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Johnson appeared emboldened by his meeting late last week with Donald Trump when the Republican former president threw him a political lifeline with a nod of support after their private talk at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Johnson appeared emboldened by his meeting late last week with Donald Trump when the Republican former president threw him a political lifeline with a nod of support after their private talk at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Johnson appeared emboldened by his meeting late last week with Donald Trump when the Republican former president threw him a political lifeline with a nod of support after their private talk at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "He spoke about it with Biden again late Monday." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Things are very unresolved, Roy said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Representative Debbie Lesko, a Republican from Arizona, called the morning meeting an argument fest." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Roy said Republicans want to be united." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "She said Johnson was most definitely losing support for the plan, but he seemed undeterred in trying to move forward despite what the majority of the conference of Republicans wanted." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Additionally, Johnson is preparing a fourth measure that would include various Republican-preferred national security priorities, such as a plan to seize some Russian assets in US banks to help fund Ukraine and another to turn the economic aid for Ukraine into loans." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "When the speaker said the House GOP's priority border security bill HR 2 would not be considered germane to the package, Representative Chip Roy, a Republican from Texas, a chief sponsor, said it's for the House to determine which provisions and amendments are relevant." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The plan is not an automatic deal-breaker for Democrats in the House and Senate, with leaders refraining from comment until they see the actual text of the measure, due out later Tuesday.House Republicans, however, were livid that Johnson will be leaving their top priority - efforts to impose more security at the US-Mexico border - on the sidelines." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "'Wartime speaker' indicates he will press forward with aid package, which would force him to rely on Democrats to pass itDefiant and determined, the House speaker Mike Johnson pushed back on Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed US aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "I am not resigning, Johnson said after a testy morning meeting of fellow House Republicans at the Capitol." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Johnson referred to himself as a wartime speaker of the House and indicated in his strongest self-defense yet he would press forward with a US national security aid package, a situation that would force him to rely on Democrats to help pass it, over objections from his weakened majority." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Johnson did not respond, according to Republicans in the room, but told the lawmakers they have a binary choice before them." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Some predicted Johnson will not be able to push ahead with voting on the package this week, as plaed." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "We are simply here trying to do our jobs, Johnson said, calling the motion to oust him absurd ... not helpful." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "While Greene has not said if or when she will force the issue, and has not found much support for her plan after last year's turmoil over McCarthy's exit, she drew at least one key supporter on Tuesday." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "While Greene has not said if or when she will force the issue, and has not found much support for her plan after last year's turmoil over McCarthy's exit, she drew at least one key supporter on Tuesday." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "The speaker faces a threat of ouster from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, the top Trump ally who has filed a motion to vacate the speaker from office in a snap vote - much the way Republicans ousted their former speaker, Kevin McCarthy, last fall." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "The speaker faces a threat of ouster from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, the top Trump ally who has filed a motion to vacate the speaker from office in a snap vote - much the way Republicans ousted their former speaker, Kevin McCarthy, last fall." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, rose in the meeting and suggested Johnson should step aside, pointing to the example of John Boehner, an even earlier House speaker who aounced an early resignation in 2015 rather than risk a vote to oust him, according to Republicans in the room." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, rose in the meeting and suggested Johnson should step aside, pointing to the example of John Boehner, an even earlier House speaker who aounced an early resignation in 2015 rather than risk a vote to oust him, according to Republicans in the room." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, rose in the meeting and suggested Johnson should step aside, pointing to the example of John Boehner, an even earlier House speaker who aounced an early resignation in 2015 rather than risk a vote to oust him, according to Republicans in the room." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "At his own press conference Tuesday, Johnson spoke of the importance of ensuring Trump, who is now at his criminal trial in New York, is re-elected to the White House." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "At his own press conference Tuesday, Johnson spoke of the importance of ensuring Trump, who is now at his criminal trial in New York, is re-elected to the White House." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
57% : Johnson appeared emboldened by his meeting late last week with Donald Trump when the Republican former president threw him a political lifeline with a nod of support after their private talk at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.23% : At his own press conference Tuesday, Johnson spoke of the importance of ensuring Trump, who is now at his criminal trial in New York, is re-elected to the White House.
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