Adam Kinzinger Says Speaker Johnson Will Be Blamed In ‘History Books’ If Ukraine Loses Against Russia

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) claimed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will be blamed by historians for Ukraine losing the war if he does not get an aid packaged through Congress.

Recently, Johnson pledged to push a Ukraine aid package through the House once lawmakers return from recess in the upcoming days. However, divides within the GOP over support for Ukraine could tank any upcoming legislation.

Moreover, the speaker faces rebellion within his own party from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who brought forward a motion to vacate Johnson following the passage of the $1.2 trillion spending bill.

Kinzinger joined CNN anchor Jessica Dean for an interview on Sunday where he shared his thoughts on if Johnson could avoid being ousted. The former Illinois lawmaker recommended Johnson make a deal with Democrats to avoid being vacated, while do everything he can to pass aid to Ukraine.

Here’s what I think he should do. I mean, he’s going to survive. I would put dollars to donuts. He’ll be the speaker at the end of this term. Now, he’s either going to survive by succumbing to the, frankly, the terrorism of Marjorie Taylor Greene. Any time you know anything wants to get done, she’s going to hold this threat over his head, or he can survive by cutting a deal with the Democrats.

Now he has to think about his conscience. Because I got to tell you, if Ukraine loses this fight, he will be the guy in the history books that are written about why Ukraine lost this fight. And they won’t necessarily say that he’s the one that pulled the aid, but he’s the one that could have done something which changed it. And, you know, as he’s developing whatever this package looks like, you know, there’s talks of loans and I guess there’s some potential agreement with that.

But I think we need to recognize the fact that Ukraine…it’s not us helping Ukraine. Ukraine is helping us by fighting to defend themselves against one of our chief competitors and, frankly, enemies in this world. If I was him, I would come back.

I would put the Senate bill on the floor, or next case is just strip the Israel portion out of it, since that’s a little more controversial, pass it and either send it back to the Senate or send it to the president to sign and have your conscience clear and let the Ukrainians defeat the Russians on the battlefield.

Watch the clip above via CNN.