Mike Johnson says he won’t resign as Republican anger grows over foreign aid

‘Wartime speaker’ indicates he will press forward with aid package, which would force him to rely on Democrats to pass it

Defiant and determined, the House speaker Mike Johnson pushed back on Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed US aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.

“I am not resigning,” Johnson said after a testy morning meeting of fellow House Republicans at the Capitol.