For Immediate Release
September 27, 2024
Contact: Taylor Haulsee
“This is the most dangerous time since World War II. You have to have a leader in the White House our adversaries fear…and that’s not happening right now.”
WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Speaker Johnson joined The Story with Martha MacCallum to discuss the growing threat of Iran and the letter he sent to President Zelenskyy demanding the Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S be removed from her post.
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On White House’s weakness on the world stage:
We need strength back in the White House. And that’s the other common denominator here, the reason that Ukraine is in trouble and Israel is in trouble and Taiwan is in trouble, and all of our allies are nervous around the world is because Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have projected weakness on the world stage.
…This is far above the head of Joe Biden, unfortunately and very tragically and dangerously for us, he is not capable of handling this level of crisis, and certainly Kamala Harris is not either. Imagine if Kamala Harris was the Commander in Chief in a dangerous moment like this. We’re on the verge of World War III. This is the most dangerous time since World War II, and you have to have steady hands of the wheel. You’ve got to have strength. You have to have a leader in the White House that our adversaries fear. And that’s not what’s happening right now. The reason we’re in this situation is because the way that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have handled this; we have got to get on top of it.
On Iran’s plot to take out Donald Trump:
I’m grateful that the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence are making a move on the Iranians that were engaging in foreign interference in our election, but they’ve also tried to put a hit on President Trump. They’ve tried assassination plots. No one’s talking about that. Kamala Harris hasn’t said a word about it. We have to take the threat seriously. We have to act decisively.
On the letter to President Zelenskyy:
My letter was very clear to President Zelenskyy, this was a major misstep at a time when he needs the support of everyone in America, from all parties. He should not be showing up at a campaign event for Kamala Harris, which is effectively what that was. They flew him around on a taxpayer-funded jet to go to an event in Pennsylvania, one of the key swing states in the election, to appear with a panel of Democrats from the nominee for the Senate, the incumbent there, to House races, and the governor who showed up, who almost was the vice-presidential pick on the Harris ticket. It’s unacceptable. He can’t do that. I’m glad that he met with President Trump today, but he’s got a lot more to do, and I think removing the ambassador is an important step.
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