House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was once a representative who largely flew under the radar and was unknown nationally.
He opposed Ukraine funding in the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, but now, as speaker, he must work for compromise in a largely divided Congress, forcing him to change his tune. Going from being a Ukraine funding skeptic to backing more spending isn’t the only position the speaker has changed since rising to the top of the chamber.
And the shifting hasn’t gone unnoticed by Johnson’s allies inside and outside the Capitol.
“House Judiciary Committee Member Mike Johnson has a bone to pick with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson,” Adam Brandon, the president of FreedomWorks, a center-right advocacy group, told the New York Times.
Aid for Ukraine
Johnson was opposed to sending cash support
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