Mitch McConnell did America a service by rounding up enough GOP votes to pass aid to Ukraine. The bill now goes to the House, where extremists and dysfunction rule. What happens now?
Mike Johnson is in a familiar spot; a large majority of House members supports aid to Ukraine, but a majority of Republicans does not. His choices are the same as they are on funding the government; he can build credibility with the far right (and Trump) by refusing to bring any Ukraine aid bill to the floor, but thereby risk going down in history as the man who delivered Ukraine to Putin, or he can support some sort of face-saving compromise that will be supported primarily by Democrats. Which will it be?
The implications of losing Ukraine are different than the repercussions of shutting down the government, so I’m not making any predictions on this one.