WH reads House Republicans the Riot Act to be on vacation as they harm national security

Deputy Press Secretary and Senior Communications Advisor Andrew Bates read House Republicans the riot act for being on their sixth day of leave while harming national security, saying the damage from their two weeks of leave grows bigger by the day in the day.

President Biden’s national security advisor warned yesterday that aid to Ukraine is necessary to protect our national security. He also listed ways in which this aid actually helps the United States both in terms of jobs and in renewing our weapons stockpile, but apparently this is not good enough for President Johnson, even after his own members were arrested for laundering Kremlin disinformation about President Biden.

Bates offered a “reading list for President Johnson’s sixth day of vacation as he damages America’s national security,” writing in a statement sent to PoliticusUSA, “The damage House Republicans are actively causing every day to America’s national security who insist on continuing their two-week vacation.”

Before moving on to the next part, it’s worth mentioning that in 2018, a group of Russian citizens donated to Mike Johnson’s campaign by funneling money through a Texas-based company called American Ethane.

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“Even though the Senate has passed badly needed national security priorities with overwhelmingly bipartisan support – and even though members of President Johnson’s own conference have been explicit that the same legislation would also pass the House – President Johnson has not showed signs of wanting to cancel Republicans’ holidays because he puts his own domestic politics above the safety of the American people,” Bates noted.

If the urgency seems alarmist, we should remember that just a few days ago it was revealed that Russia “is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon whose detonation could disrupt everything from military communications to telephone transportation services,” he said. said a source. Reuters. The source “said he believed the system would involve a nuclear explosive device placed in orbit.”

Meanwhile, Johnson has the House on a two-week recess because “working” on taxpayer subsidies is apparently not in the cards.

“Speaker Johnson is undermining Ukraine’s defenses while innocent civilians are murdered by Putin and his Iranian allies, endangering the NATO countries the United States is obligated to defend, threatening industrial jobs across our country, returning America to the Indo-Pacific and withholding military assistance.” to Israel as well as humanitarian assistance to innocent Palestinians,” Bates continued.

Then Bates hammered Johnson for nixing the border deal that Johnson said should be attached to the relief bill, so Democrats attached it, and then Johnson ran away again, with no reasonable explanation.

Furthermore, President Johnson also killed the toughest and strongest border security legislation in decades, siding with fentanyl traffickers over the Border Patrol Union as soon as Donald Trump raised the alarm that the bipartisan deal would damaged his political interests by helping families.

“If House Republicans are committed to taking a vacation, the least they can do is read about the damage they are causing by undermining America’s national security,” Bates concluded, before listing suggested readings.

“House Republicans’ failure to act contributed to Ukraine’s need to withdraw from the city of Avdiivka, and Russia’s most significant battlefield gains in 9 months,” Bates wrote, above a Fox article. about this topic.

Fox News: “The withdrawal, announced as Ukraine faces a severe ammunition shortage with U.S. military aid delayed for months in Congress, was aimed at saving troops from being completely surrounded by Russian forces after months of fierce fighting, it said Kiev”.

“House Republicans are also threatening manufacturing jobs in America’s heartland,” Bates wrote above an AP story, “As President Joe Biden pushes House Republicans to pass needed aid, he wants voters understand that nearly two-thirds – or nearly $40 billion – of the money for Ukraine would actually go to U.S. factories scattered across the country, including plants in Lima, Ohio, and Scranton, Pennsylvania, as well as Mesquite.”

Then Bates supports Republicans’ alleged focus on children, quoting the BBC: “While House Republicans claim to care about cracking down on child abuse, they are turning a blind eye as Russia has kidnapped thousands of Ukrainian children.”

Bates goes easy on Johnson’s repeated betrayals of national security deals/deals with Democrats, citing a Washington Post article: “Claiming to support Ukraine and border security but constantly making excuses to do otherwise, President Johnson is cementing a legacy of false promises and untrustworthiness.”

Bates highlights an Axios article about Republicans knowing that New York’s special election shows that Americans are furious: “The decisive results of last week’s New York special election, in which House Republicans’ blockade of legislation bipartisanship on border security was an important issue, it shows that the American people are enraged.”

Bates concluded this public rebuke by asking that the President, finally, perhaps read the bill: “Finally, President Johnson should *actually* read the bipartisan border security legislation that is endorsed by the Border Patrol Union and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States because it would make America safer and protect our border.”

There are no lies detected in Bates’ comments. If anything, he is being underestimated as he tries to goad these “legislators” into doing the bare minimum of the work you pay them to do.

The national security of the United States is literally being undermined and even endangered by the Republican-led House. The fact that they feel emboldened to continue doing so in a way that favors Putin even after being caught laundering Kremlin disinformation through the US Congress speaks volumes about their confidence that the media will not hold them accountable.