It’s Up to House Conservatives to Do the Right Thing and Choose America First over Ukraine-First

America First legislators like U.S. Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are leading the charge to block a $95 billion spending bill that would provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Gaza — while doing nothing to secure the U.S. border.

In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has signaled that he will not take up that bill, should it pass the U.S. Senate:

The Senate’s foreign aid bill is silent on the most pressing issue facing our country. In the absence of having received any single border policy change from the Senate, the House will have to continue to work its own will on these important matters.

These America First Conservatives are providing the moral, intellectual and backbone necessary for other, perhaps more skittish, Conservatives, to follow their lead.

But will they?

After all, Republicans, even with a majority in the House, failed to impeach feckless U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last week.

This, however, is different.

As we reported last night, the bills before Congress now make the lines clear.

Ukraine-First or America First.

As Vance posted earlier today after the “America last caucus” passed the $61 billion “foreign aid” bill:

This morning the America last caucus got a $61 billion aid package out of the Senate. But they paid dearly for this small win. The House won’t pass the current bill.

We must fix our country before devoting more resources to Ukraine.

That’s our message, and the fight goes on.

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) February 13, 2024

And as Lee said yesterday on the Senate Floor, “Say no to endless wars. Say no to broken borders. Say no to funding corruption and death half a world away.

Tonight, I made one final request to my fellow Senators.

Say no to endless wars. Say no to broken borders. Say no to funding corruption and death half a world away.

Join me, and say no to this bill. pic.twitter.com/DuUwVyMHI1

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) February 13, 2024

Conservatives in the U.S. House, now it’s up to you.