Don Bacon, a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives, warned of the “possibility” of the impeachment of Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, if he tried to put the aid package for Ukraine to a vote.
There are one or two people who are not team players. They enjoy the limelight and social media more
He told NBC News. He added: “Our majority is very small, and one or two people are enough to make it a minority,” recalling the situation of the Republican faction in the House of Representatives.
Bacon himself supports some level of aid to Ukraine and, along with several lawmakers, has introduced a bill that falls short of the Biden administration's total military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan of $66 billion.
However, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia representative who belongs to the conservative wing of the Republican Party, indicated last week that she would take the initiative to dismiss the Speaker of the House of Representatives, although she had not requested a vote on this matter yet, but she only intended this step. As a nod to Mike Johnson.
However, Johnson warned against bringing the aid package for Ukraine to the House of Representatives.
Although most Republican lawmakers don't believe Greene will keep his word and try to oust Johnson, no one is taking any chances. Hardliners strongly oppose further support for Kiev, and have already been angered by the president's approval of the budget with support from Democrats – which caused his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, to lose his job.
Before his election as Speaker of the House of Representatives
Johnson himself was very skeptical about supporting Ukraine and voted against it several times,
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However, he is now more and more inclined to impose the initiative on his party colleagues – if he dares not consider it more important to retain his seat. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that they may have to give up more territory without American help.
