Schumer makes plea to Johnson to pass Ukraine aid: ‘He has to do the right thing’

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, R-New York, appealed to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, in an interview Friday to pass aid to Ukraine.

Schumer: “We need Speaker Johnson to make sure we get the aid.” Said In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “If he takes up the bill, it will pass. There are a lot of Republicans in the House who know how important it is, and he has to realize that history is on his back. ”

“He cannot follow Donald Trump,” Schumer continued. “He has to do the right thing here.”

Schumer traveled to Ukraine on Friday as part of a congressional delegation scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The Senate Majority Leader also urged Mr. Johnson to pass the national security spending package that the Senate passed last week, including $60 billion in aid to Ukraine.

Schumer also emphasized that the Ukrainian delegation heard “in great detail” how Ukraine would win if it received aid. He also said that an American resident in Ukraine told the delegation that “Russians could reach Poland’s borders within a year” if the United States did not provide further assistance to Ukraine. Ta.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Johnson has pushed back against the Senate’s proposal, saying it will not come to the House floor because it lacks the border security measures sought by House Republicans.

“[In] “Without any changes to border policy from the House of Lords, the House of Commons will have to continue to take ownership of these important issues,” Johnson said in a statement last week. “America deserves better than what’s going on in the Senate.”

Schumer also said in the CNN interview that Johnson should come to Ukraine and visit Zelenskiy.

“If he met with the key generals, if he met with Mr. Zelensky, if he met with the Americans on our side, there’s no way he wouldn’t be convinced that we need this assistance,” Schumer said. said.