Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R‑LA) seemingly won over Rep. Ro Khanna (D‑CA) with his voting strategy over the weekend, as the Democratic representative proclaimed his opposition to vacating the speaker.
Khanna appeared on This Week Sunday to express his support for Johnson, despite the fact that the two hail from opposing parties. As a Democratic politician, Khanna claimed he disagrees with Johnson “on many issues” and admitted he’s “been very critical of him,” but approved of Johnson’s effort to split a previous bill into four bills that were all passed Saturday. These bills pertained to foreign aid to Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine, in addition to a ban on app stores from hosting TikTok as long as it’s foreign-owned.
“We had one issue, which was give individual votes. Don’t lump things together, and I would give him credit for doing this. I would vote to table any motion to vacate him,” Khanna said. “I think here you have …