Posted on 05/19/2021 1:11:22 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
On Wednesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) broke with calls from other Democrats for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and stated that his version of a cease-fire is “Hamas ought to stop, and if Hamas stops, the Israelis will stop.” And that Israel has “a moral duty to protect their citizens.”
Hoyer said that he wants the fighting to stop, but “Hamas does not respond to requests, and they initiated rockets. They’ve been doing rockets on a regular basis, and it would be irrational not to think that the Israelis are not going to respond to protect themselves and their people. However, the president wants — and I think he’s talked to Netanyahu — wants the fighting to come to a close and try to see if we can negotiate. But frankly, terrorists are very difficult to negotiate with, and a terrorist organization like Hamas that does not want Israel to exist has no reason to negotiate.”
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I’m waiting for the 24/7 “Democrat Infighting” stories to appear, when Hell freezes over.
Seems it has! About time someone in the Democratic Party says something! It is hard to believe that it took this long but I am glad it finally got said.
They’ve been doing rockets on a regular basis, and it would be irrational not to think that the Israelis are not going to respond to protect themselves and their people.
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Too many nots in there.
it would irrational to think that the Israelis are not going to respond
Only one on the Rat side stood up. Lots of evil folks on the Rat side IMHO
My congressman is Ted Deuch....a cowardly slime Democrat.
Whoa! Did Steny somehow become briefly disconnected from the Borg collective?
You did a good job. Here is a way to make it even better:
it is irrational to think the Israelis would not respond
Did a democrat actually say something that wasn’t ridiculous?
I think the Israeli government is committed to severely degrading Hamas’ capacity to make and launch rockets. Hamas has dozens of miles of tunnels under their cities where they produce and stockpile rockets. Israel is going to collapse them (and already has, many of them). Hamas probably thinks they are hidden and to some extent they are. But Israel has many tools at its disposal. Hamas is just plain irrational to do what they are doing. Should have come to the table when Trump got over $50 billion in international commitments to build a Palestinian state.
Hamas should not use civilian infrastructure or human beings as shields.
Not funny how things were fairly quiet while Trump was POTUS. This is, imo, a direct consequence of the Biden admin beginning to court Iran again.
Hey, I’ve got this gun I’m going to shoot at you. It’s pretty inaccurate so killing you may not happen, many shots will miss.
You don’t get to shoot at me because your guns are much more accurate and powerful due to systemic racism.
Just checked. Steny Hoyer is Baptist. I thought maybe he was Jewish, but not a self-loathing Jew like Schumer and others in Congress.
He's up for re-election in 2022.
If Hamas stopped firing, not another shot would be fired.
“Hoyer said that he wants the fighting to stop, but “Hamas does not respond to requests, and they initiated rockets. They’ve been doing rockets on a regular basis, and it would be irrational not to think that the Israelis are not going to respond to protect themselves and their people. However, the president wants — and I think he’s talked to Netanyahu — wants the fighting to come to a close and try to see if we can negotiate. But frankly, terrorists are very difficult to negotiate with, and a terrorist organization like Hamas that does not want Israel to exist has no reason to negotiate.”
That sounds good Steny. How about conservatives and the police — are they allowed to defend themselves?
No. He didn’t want to be disconnected by his big donor Jews in his district.
Met the guy a few times. Total slime.
No, what this proves is that all the rest of the crap is approved by Pignosy and her minions.
All these negotiations do is prolong the fighting.
Hamas is not going to wake up onr day and decide the Isailis are so bad. One side has to prevail, either Israel or Hamas. Every Western intervention keeps Hamas in the game and weaknes Israel.
Appreciations to Hoyer for standing up for what’s right and correct
we get so damned SICK and TiRED of hearing about commie-nazi type Democraps always running down USA, and yes now Israel too, and trashing our Bill of Rights
the D party, for all its issues, was never so anti-American (and anti-Christian, and anti=Jewish) as today
it is disgusting!
Democrats will cancel Hoyer in 3…2…1…
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