House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that further aid will not be given to Ukraine until needs at the U.S. southern border are met.
“I reiterated to [Zelensky] that we stand with him and against Putin’s brutal invasion,” Johnson said. “The American people stand for freedom and they’re on the right side of this fight.”
“I have asked the White House since the day that I was handed the gavel as speaker for clarity. We need clear articulation of the strategy to allow Ukraine to win,” he continued. “And thus far, their responses have been insufficient, they have not provided us the clarity and the detail that we requested over and over since literally 24 hours after I was handed the gavel as Speaker of the House.”
“What the Biden administration seems to be asking for is billions of additional dollars with no appropriate oversight, no clear strategy to win, and none of the answers that I think the American people are owed.”
Johnson emphasized that the United States’ national security must come first.
“The border is an absolute catastrophe,” he said. “And this is because of the policies of this White House and this administration.”
Describing the problems of the southern border, Johnson noted, “The American people see this, they feel it acutely, they see all the terrible societal ills that come from this, and it must be addressed.”
