WASHINGTON – The GOP-controlled House is poised to approve a spate of foreign aid bills, which includes stalled funding for Ukraine. The chamber cleared procedural votes Friday with the aid of Democrats despite Republican opposition.
Once a prominent and vocal critic, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) recently changed his tune.
CBN News interviewed three evangelicals who lobbied Speaker Johnson this week ahead of a public shift that could cost him his job.
With his future as leader now in doubt with threats from the Republican conference, new allies — beyond the political — are filing behind him.
“To be honest, brother Speaker Mike Johnson is a great leader. He has a great heart,” said Pavlo Unguryan, a former member of parliament and a Ukrainian Christian who met with Johnson at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.
He told CBN News he saw Speaker Johnson as far more than a political leader. He viewed him as “a brother in Christ.”
When the two met, Unguryan framed Ukraine’s war with Russia as a spiritual battle between good and evil.
“For us, it’s a call to action to unite together—to unite together an army of Jesus,” he explained.
Unguryan introduced Johnson to another Ukrainian Christian believer:
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