The $1 trillion budget the Pentagon is trying to push through Congress is not doing so well….and now the Speaker Johnson in true MAGA form is trying to make a non-existent problem into a money maker for the Pentagon.
As he pushed for Congress to approve $350 billion in new spending requested by the Pentagon, House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Tuesday that some of the funds were needed for “fighting communism on our own shores,” an ominous notion in light of President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy the US military against his domestic enemies.
In addition to the already record-breaking $1.1 trillion military spending bill that was approved last month by the House Appropriations Committee, the Pentagon has requested a separate $350 billion package to be passed through a separate GOP-led spending bill known as “Reconciliation 3.0,” which can pass without Democratic support.
Johnson (La.) has faced pushback from some GOP senators, including Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and the hospitalized Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), as he’s sought additional spending. During a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson made his case for Republicans to back the reconciliation proposal.
The speaker argued that the package included “transformational funding that will help us change the dynamic of the Department of War and make it more efficient and effective,” including Trump’s request to “effectively double the funding for national defense.”
“Look, we live in dangerous times,” Johnson said. “We’re fighting communism on our own shores, and we’re fighting evil terrorists and tyrants around the world, and we have to be able to protect our national security.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/johnson-us-military-communism
They came and made the movement known as antifa illegal and a domestic terrorism hub…..so now they want to make your vote illegal by saying that Democratic Socialist are commies.
Do I need to tell you how utterly moronic that statement is?
But I am sure that there a at least a few that will believe such crap….for it is easier to believe crap than search for the answers….and that makes them lazy cowards.
This whole ‘commie’ thing is getting ridiculous…..
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”