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BumRushDaShow

(130,315 posts)
Sun May 19, 2024, 12:18 PM 3 hrs ago

Rep. Elise Stefanik rebukes Biden and praises Trump in address to Israeli parliament

Source: CBS News

May 19, 2024 / 8:03 AM EDT


Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the highest-ranking Republican woman in the House, rebuked President Biden and praised former President Trump over U.S. military support for Israel in an address to its parliament on Sunday.

"There is no excuse for an American president to block aid to Israel – aid that was duly passed by the Congress, or to ease sanctions on Iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the world's leading state sponsor of terror, or to dither and hide while our friends fight for their lives," The New York congresswoman and House GOP conference chairwoman said.

Earlier this month, acknowledging the U.S. had paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, Mr. Biden said that the U.S. would not provide Israel with weapons for an offensive in Rafah, and he acknowledged that Israel has used powerful American-made weapons in deadly attacks in Gaza. He suggested the U.S. would further curtail weapons shipments if Israel broadened its ground offensive to include civilian population centers in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

However, Mr. Biden also said that the U.S. would continue to provide defensive military aid to Israel, and the White House has said that the U.S. would ensure that Israel would receive the full amount pledged in a recently signed supplemental funding package that includes about $14 billion for Israel's defense. And last week, the Biden administration informed Congress that it intends to transfer $1 billion in weapons to Israel.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elise-stefanik-rebuke-biden-praise-trump-israeli-parliament/



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Rep. Elise Stefanik rebukes Biden and praises Trump in address to Israeli parliament (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago OP
There's a lot of people who agree with her. Marcus IM 3 hrs ago #1
"There is no excuse for an American President to block aid to Ukraine" Midnight Writer 3 hrs ago #2
Typical repuke misrepresentation and lies. truthisfreedom 3 hrs ago #3
Please link to whoever is enforcing the "strick limits". former9thward 2 hrs ago #11
There are some Traildogbob 3 hrs ago #4
We can lose an election because of this shit, and if those progressives JohnSJ 3 hrs ago #5
Polls don't vote. PEOPLE DO. BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #6
I certainly hope so. Still it is hard for me to comprehend that someone JohnSJ 2 hrs ago #7
They want you believe that all hope is lost. BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #9
And Elise Stefanik helped him. mgardener 1 hr ago #12
And it is funny PatSeg 15 min ago #14
Instead of posting concerns then go out and register voters and GOTV. Be the solution ZonkerHarris 2 hrs ago #10
She/they will stoop to anything. FloridaBlues 2 hrs ago #8
Politics stops at the water's edge DavidDvorkin 28 min ago #13
Sad, but true PatSeg 15 min ago #15

truthisfreedom

(23,173 posts)
3. Typical repuke misrepresentation and lies.
Sun May 19, 2024, 12:29 PM
3 hrs ago

What do we expect? Iran was not paid a ransom. Their own money was freed up so they could take it back with strict limits on how it could be spent. Additionally, Israel is still spending money given by the US prior to the latest actions by the administration. It’s always lies and exaggerations with these crooks.

former9thward

(32,198 posts)
11. Please link to whoever is enforcing the "strick limits".
Sun May 19, 2024, 01:39 PM
2 hrs ago

How is that done in a secretive dictatorship where inspection is not allowed? Money is fungible. When they get money from one source, they can simply transfer it to the "strick limits" and then move other money to terrorism.

Traildogbob

(8,939 posts)
4. There are some
Sun May 19, 2024, 12:39 PM
3 hrs ago

Women that think they are powerful enough or ass kissing enough (and it will have to be men asses they kiss) to “avoid the total control” by needle dick men that want them in there place.
That or they are thrilled to be subservient and have zero rights.
Both ways, they deserve what will happen to them.
P-Diddy has a game plan, for just that.

JohnSJ

(92,582 posts)
5. We can lose an election because of this shit, and if those progressives
Sun May 19, 2024, 12:39 PM
3 hrs ago

who are critical of Biden for not doing what they perceive as “enough”, don’t vote for him, they will contribute to putting Trump back in the WH just like they did in 2016.

If the polls are correct that Trump has 20% support among African Americans, and 37% of young people won’t vote for Biden, we are in trouble.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/biden-young-voters-what-matters/index.html

BumRushDaShow

(130,315 posts)
6. Polls don't vote. PEOPLE DO.
Sun May 19, 2024, 01:04 PM
2 hrs ago

Do not go by "polls". The "polls" for the last 7 sets of elections since 2020 have left the pollsters with eggs on their faces as Democrats, time and time again, were found to have "over-performed".

JohnSJ

(92,582 posts)
7. I certainly hope so. Still it is hard for me to comprehend that someone
Sun May 19, 2024, 01:08 PM
2 hrs ago

who tried to overthrow the government might actually win the WH

BumRushDaShow

(130,315 posts)
9. They want you believe that all hope is lost.
Sun May 19, 2024, 01:29 PM
2 hrs ago

This country elected its first black President in 2008 so the impetus and potential is always there.

And people forget that they rejected 45 in 2020 and that was BEFORE January 6, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, AND 4 indictments with what are now 88 charges.

All of this to continue to dismiss Roe as being a big driving force for Democrats when it comes to elections (despite it doing such since the fall of Roe). The "polls" seem to refuse to ask or highlight the responses to that.

PatSeg

(47,805 posts)
14. And it is funny
Sun May 19, 2024, 03:29 PM
15 min ago

how quickly people forget those poll numbers after an election, even if the numbers were way off. Come another election cycle and people get all bent out of shape once again.

ZonkerHarris

(24,334 posts)
10. Instead of posting concerns then go out and register voters and GOTV. Be the solution
Sun May 19, 2024, 01:37 PM
2 hrs ago

not just an online warrior