Battle of the Mikes: Sen. Lee Calls Out Speaker Johnson

Battle of the Mikes: Sen. Lee Calls Out Speaker Johnson


Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday night after it was revealed that House Republicans were planning to attempt to pass four bills, including one that would send more aid to Ukraine, under the guise of one.

Johnson revealed during a closed House Republican Conference meeting that he had a plan to pass four separate bills, three of which would focus on sending aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

A fourth bill would focus on “additional measures to counter” adversaries of the United States and to “strengthen our national security,” Johnson wrote in a post on X.

Under Johnson’s plan, all four bills would be combined into a single legislation package, and a single vote would be

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