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Democrats block sanctions on the anti-US, anti-Israel ICC — just to spite Donald Trump
NY Post ^ | 1/31/25 | Post Editorial Board

Posted on 02/01/2025 4:13:19 AM PST by Libloather

We get that Democrats want to show they’re mad at President Trump, but it’s pretty telling that they chose to hurt Israel — and Americans — to do it.

That is, by blocking the bill to slap sanctions on officials at the rabidly anti-American, anti-Israel International Criminal Court.

Mind you, many Dems backed the bill: 45 voted for it in the House, and some in the Senate were set to support it, too.

But they’re clearly peeved about Trump’s executive orders, particularly one freezing federal aid, and some openly declared their “nay” was their way of showing it.

“Donald Trump is making a run to take over all of government,” huffed Sen. Liz Warren (D-Mass.).

“So at this moment, we’re a ‘no’ on this bill and everything else that comes up.”

True, Warren hates Israel, even suggesting it has waged “genocide” against Gazans.

So surely she’d oppose sanctions on a body that wants to arrest Israel’s leader.

Yet at least three other Democrats — including Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), who both voted for the bill in the House before winning Senate seats in November — also suddenly switched sides.

And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who says he opposes “the ICC bias against Israel” and wants to see the court “drastically reformed and reshaped,” nonetheless rallied Dems to thwart the bill.

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Gray Beaver kinda sounds insurrectiony.
1 posted on 02/01/2025 4:13:19 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

She’s HYSTERICAL! LITERALLY! Massachusetts is ONE DUMBASS PLACE!


2 posted on 02/01/2025 4:52:08 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Libloather

not to worry friends. the typical American voter usually doesn’t remember what their elected CONgresscritters did to screw them by the time the next election rolls around, short memory and all that...BUT that has changed with President Donald J Trump. the “BIG DUMMIES” on the left continued to keep Him in their headlights for FOUR YEARS thus keeping him in the headlines for all of America to see how nasty, vicious, unforgiving and hateful the radical leftists really are. four years of training a larger portion than in the past of the typical American voter to pay more attention over the long term will result in a midterm slaughter for the democrats AND the complicit rinocrats. Mark these words because they are STILL keeping President Donald J Trump in their headlights with their particular brand of TDS...and thus in the headlines. I, for one, am extremely grateful that these progressive morons, whether on the left or the right, never ever learn. we ARE watching. they made us.


3 posted on 02/01/2025 5:01:53 AM PST by Qwapisking (Q: know the difference between a petulant 6 y.o. and a liberal? A:age. L.Star )
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To: Libloather

Their pettiness (not pettypants) is showing and they are miffed like a teeny bopper.


4 posted on 02/01/2025 6:00:58 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Libloather

Better than American sanctions would be a Mossad hit on Khan. Khan is a pretend official


5 posted on 02/01/2025 6:05:08 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: Libloather

How would they like the ICC to pursue war crimes charges against obama and john brennan for personally selecting human targets to be killed by drones in countries like Yemen? Including acceptable collateral damage. Obama even joked he was “ pretty good at killing people”…remember?

Or maybe every US troop in Syria where we have no treaty, no SOFA…should be under ICC jurisdiction?

How about Afghanistan charges Bush obama Trump Biden Milley and Austin with war crimes for deaths in Afghanistan? After all, isnt the charge enough even if it never gets prosecuted?


6 posted on 02/01/2025 6:06:17 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Libloather

60 votes need to proceed.
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It used to be (especially when Dems were in majority) that filibuster was a rarely used, unpopular move.
Now, it is just standard procedure, to block even very desirable legislations.


7 posted on 02/01/2025 6:57:00 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: Libloather

“True, Warren hates Israel, even suggesting it has waged “genocide” against Gazans.”

The “genocide” word for Gaza is SICKENING and it pisses me off that a lot of people who get Ukraine right use this term when referring to Israel. The 2 million or so returning ‘refugees’ in North Gaza proves that their rhetoric is as bad as what we hear from the Left, and thankfully isn’t used here much.

Now if you want to claim “attempts at ethnic cleansing” that would be fair...and eventually will have to be done unless the Palestinians are able to be peaceful, for once. LOL.


8 posted on 02/01/2025 8:11:50 AM PST by BobL
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To: Ann Archy

You are hysterical.


9 posted on 02/01/2025 9:03:23 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: AZJeep
60 votes need to proceed.

Then we'll need to nuke the filibuster. It was bound to happen. The Democrats almost did it in the last election but Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema said no.

So as soon as they have a majority again, they'll nuke the filibuster.

So we might as well as do it and sanction the ICC.

10 posted on 02/01/2025 9:07:04 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Libloather

She suffers from the DT’s... Delirium Trumpens


11 posted on 02/01/2025 9:15:38 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Then we’ll need to nuke the filibuster.

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At least there has to be some motion about that!
Will see how do the Dems hate the filibuster now?!


12 posted on 02/01/2025 11:58:38 AM PST by AZJeep
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