Speaker Johnson calls Biden Israel aid veto threat a “betrayal”

President Biden and House Speaker Johnson are playing hard ball over aid to Israel. Even though the president supports emergency funding for Israel, he would veto the stand-alone aid package proposed by House Republicans. In a statement, the White House called the bill a “cynical political maneuver” designed to weaken bipartisan Senate talks on funding for Israel, Ukraine, and the border. House Speaker Mike Johnson shot back, calling the president’s veto threat “an act of portrayal” and accusing Mr. Biden of “abandoning our ally in its time of greatest need.”