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UPDATED: Pro-Ukrainian candidate for House Speaker drops from race following hard-liners' opposition (kyivindependent.com)
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The Republican Party's latest nominee for the House Speaker position, Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer, dropped out of the race following opposition from the hard-line faction close to former President Donald Trump, CNN reported on Oct. 24.

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Update: The republicans, as would be expected, chose option A and caved to the extremists, electing an ultra maga election-denier, Mike Johnson, as Speaker. This is bad news for Ukraine. He was previously supportive of Ukraine but then he switched and voted against more aid last time. In his acceptance speech he mentioned supporting Israel but made no mention of Ukraine. The extremists have won the Speaker fight and are emboldened.

But the American people, the White House, and the majority of the Congress and Senators support Ukraine and will do their best to get more aid bills passed. But things will be more difficult now because of this.