Ashley Barry

May 13, 2024 | wsj.com | Michael Allen |Ashley Barry

Many observers wrote off the House Republican Conference as isolationist when 112 of its members voted against supplemental national-security aid for Ukraine last month. The vote was a watershed, with ramifications for the future of the GOP, but the story behind it is more complicated than the predominant narrative allows. Speaker Mike Johnson showed great political courage and tact in setting the conditions for Ukraine assistance to pass.