Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) listens as he waits for his turn to speak during a news briefing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 2, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Nov. 27 that U.S. funding for Israel and Ukraine is a “priority.”
The United States needs to support Israel after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas, and Ukraine, which has been fighting an invasion by Russia since February 2022, Mr. Johnson told reporters at an event in Florida.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
