'We have to get this done': A top House Republican pushes for Ukraine aid, stat

[In It to Win It]

‘We have to get this done’: A top House Republican pushes for Ukraine aid, stat

The chair of the House Intelligence Committee is warning that time is running out for Ukraine in its fight against Russian invaders — and he's pushing Speaker Mike Johnson to step up.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) spoke days after leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Kyiv, his third visit to the embattled nation since Russia’s invasion, where he tried to assure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that reinforcements are on the way.

The situation back in America has not been so encouraging for Zelenskyy: GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is taking fresh aim at America's foreign aid commitments, and questions abound over just what Johnson's intentions are as the Senate presses forward with an aid package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine.

The message Turner brought back from Kyiv is that there’s not a moment to spare: Soldiers, he said, “are already rationing munitions” and “are unable to fully defend themselves on the battlefield.”

“We have to get this done,” he said. “This is no longer an issue of, ‘When do we support Ukraine?’ If we do not move, this will be abandoning Ukraine.”

[maxsolomon]

1. Come up with a way to force a vote without the Speaker's permission, Mike.

You'll find overwhelming Dem support.

Or maybe you should go down to FL and get the Shadow Speaker on board? You'll have to kiss his ass all evening 1st.

[leftieNanner]

2. Mr. Jeffries is considering

A discharge petition to force the vote.

Go for it Hakeem!

[MadameButterfly]

4. How many Republicans does he need to make that happen? n/t

[gab13by13]

5. 218 votes, a majority of the House,

Only 2 discharge petitions have ever been successful.

How many Magats, someone do the math, 6?

Magats 219
Dems 212
Vacant 4

So do Dems need a majority of 435 or 431? Dems either need 6 or 4 Magats to vote for the petition.

[MadameButterfly]

6. which gets better or worse depending on today's special election

[Wednesdays]

14. See here:

There are dozens of "MAGAts" on board for Ukraine aid. Even if half of them have defected since October, the aid package would still pass easily.

https://gopforukraine.com/ukraine-report-card/

On edit: not just half. If NINETY PERCENT of those listed in green on that report card reversed their vote, the aid package would still pass.

[BootinUp]

8. Wiki page on it with good information

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge_petition

[PufPuf23]

15. Don't stop to take a breathe, Mr. Jefferies.

Just do the discharge petition.

[gab13by13]

3. Yup, Democrats had better get the discharge petition fired up,

but even to do that they need a handful of House Magats to go along.

[MadameButterfly]

7. Maybe they can scare up some closet Reagan Republicans

[blm]

9. Scare up Republicans in NY, Ohio with large Ukrainian neighborhoods.

And Ukrainian and Polish neighborhoods in Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Nicole Malliotakis (R) represents the largest Ukrainian constituency in NY.

Brian Fitzpatrick (R) in Pennsylvania.

You get the idea.

[MadameButterfly]

10. Thanks. THis is logical and gives me hope even though

logic hasn't been prevailing lately.

[Wednesdays]

16. See my post #14, above. nt

[Warpy]

11. Too many are taking orders from a putrefying lump of fat

and until they manage to stop, Johnson will keep Ukraine starved for what it needs to defeat the Russians.

[PortTack]

12. I think it's going to pass! There are lots of gqp that support aide to Ukraine

[WarGamer]

13. At this point, Ukraine is running out of soldiers...

ANY additional help will be appreciated but might not turn the battlefield situation around.