Dozens Of Democrats Vote Against Arming Israel

I’m sure they’d prefer to arm Hamas and see Israel and the Jews wiped out

In Major Milestone, Dozens Of Senators Vote To Block U.S. Weapons To Israel

Large groups of senators on Wednesday voted against selling $700 million in American bombs and rifles to Israel ? sending a major signal from Congress of U.S. frustration over the mass casualties and starvation caused by the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza.

The bills to block the transfers were organized by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and each drew support from more than half of Democrats and their allies in the Senate. Twenty-seven senators voted against the rifle transfer, including Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the Democratic ranking member on the powerful armed services committee, who had never previously voted against weapons for Israel. Twenty-four opposed the shipment of bombs. (Reed and Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island had different positions on the two motions.)

No Republicans supported the effort despite indications that some conservatives want President Donald Trump to be less deferential to Israel.

“Today’s vote was a new high water mark … It reflects the rising tide among voters against continuing to subsidize and arm Israel’s actions in Gaza and its other grave violations of Palestinian rights,” Ari Tolany of the Center for International Policy, one of several progressive groups backing the legislation, said in a Wednesday night statement.

That’s the way the uber-Progressive Jew hating Huffington Post put it. Democrats are thrilled to abandon an ally and empower the Islamic terrorist groups that want to destroy Israel and kill Jews. Hell, many have it in their charters that they want Israel destroyed and replaced with an Islamic caliphate.

Politico, among others, tried to be less Jew hatey

Senate votes down Israel arms sales ban, despite growing Democrat support

The Senate on Wednesday voted down a resolution to bar U.S. arms sales to Israel, exposing new divisions among Democrats and highlighting rising frustration with the country’s conduct in Gaza.

The first of two votes pushed by progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders — which came to 27-70 — renewed efforts to halt American weapons transfers in protest of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and a deepening humanitarian crisis. Democrats split on the vote, with 12 new supporters who previously backed arms sales to Israel. (snip)

New supporters included Maine Independent Sen. Angus King, who said this week he would no longer support Netanyahu’s government because Israel appears to be using starvation as a weapon of war.

“I had just had it,” King said in an interview. “I kept expecting that Israel would wake up and realize what an awful thing they were perpetuating, and that surely they would at least open up humanitarian aid. They just continued to not do it, and I just reached the point where enough was enough.”

It’s a war. One that Hamas started. And I cannot find anywhere where King called for the release of the hostages. He mostly rages against Israel and those evil Jews. In fact, a goodly chunk of these Democrats never call for Hamas to release the hostages nor castigate Hamas for their blatant terrorist attack on civilians in October 2023.

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