House Speaker Mike Johnson Receives Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel Award

House Speaker Mike Johnson announces at ZOA that his Israeli counterpart, Knesset Speaker @AmirOhana, invited him to address the Knesset “and I intend to do that as soon as possible.” pic.twitter.com/1K8pwda428

— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) December 4, 2023

At ZOA gala, Dr. Miriam Adelson — via video— welcomes House Speaker Mike Johnson to ZOA family.

“In your short time as speaker — and may you have a long and lasting tenure — you moved fast to secure the aid Israel needs…”

Fact: House passed theIsrael aid bill with conditions. pic.twitter.com/sajReG1ZZn

— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) December 4, 2023

What an honor to join @ZOA_National last night to introduce my friend Speaker @MikeJohnson to present him the Dr. Miriam Adelson and Sheldon G. Adelson Defender of Israel Award!

House Republicans will always stand with Israel and the Jewish people. ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/a5hxAqiyOj

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) December 4, 2023

NEWS: House Rs raked in roughly $500,000 at today’s Grow The Majority fundraiser hosted by fmr Rep. Lee Zeldin, real estate mogul Harry Adjmi, & head of Vornado Realty Haim Chera, w guests Johnson & Stefanik, Zeldin spox tells @NRO

One of many House R fundraisers this weekend ?? pic.twitter.com/BNsedsqQaY

— Audrey Fahlberg (@AudreyFahlberg) December 4, 2023

In his short tenure as Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson has done literally nothing EXCEPT target college students for holding pro-Palestinian protests and passing various bills to Stand With Israel.

National Review:

The New York Post reported Sunday evening that Johnson and House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik of New York raked in $1 million at a pair of Manhattan fundraisers over the weekend, featuring high-profile figures like Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman and former New York representative Lee Zeldin. (Recall that Zeldin’s strong gubernatorial run against Democratic governor Kathy Hochul last year is widely credited for helping many House Republicans flip Biden districts during an otherwise lackluster midterm cycle for the GOP.) NR confirms that Johnson and Zeldin raised roughly half a million dollars at Sunday evening’s “Grow the Majority NY” fundraiser and both Republicans ended the evening with the pro-Israel nonprofit Zionist Organization of America, according to a Zeldin spokesman. …

AIPAC is Mike Johnson’s biggest donor. 

The Daily Beast:

The hard-right Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) on Sunday held its annual dinner—and its featured guest was none other than newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson, who received the organization’s Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Defender of Israel Award.

The crowd, markedly smaller than in previous years, was notably subdued and somber. A mixture of anger, fear, and defiance filled the room. Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack reverberated, just as its repercussions continue to play out in Israel, Gaza, and the broader Middle East.

Johnson was warmly received and announced that he had been invited to speak before the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, and would do “that as soon as possible.” Johnson stuck to the script, reaffirming the U.S.-Israel alliance and stressing America’s Judeo-Christian tradition. …

House Republicans were supposed to be impeaching Joe Biden.

What happened to all of those big promises in the midterms? It seems like there is plenty of time to shovel billions to Israel and to hold hearings about anti-Israel bias and antisemitism on college campuses.