Posted on 04/27/2023 10:47:14 PM PDT by mbrfl
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Thursday during a speech in Israel that he previously attempted to "cajole" the Donald Trump administration to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
DeSantis delivered the keynote address at the Celebrate the Faces Israel event held at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of Israel.
The governor spoke of his history supporting strong U.S.-Israel ties, dating back to his time as a congressman. Florida experienced 269 recorded antisemitic incidents in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League, representing a 42 percent increase from 2021 and an all-time high.
"The history and the connection are simply incomparable and that's one of the reasons why, when I was a U.S. Congressman, I was an outspoken proponent, an advocate of relocating our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem," DeSantis told the gathered crowd in Jerusalem.
"When we were trying to cajole the previous [Donald Trump] administration to do it, I actually launched a very small delegation over here. We looked at a bunch of different sites. We had a big press conference to announce that this was going to happen. We were confident, and there was a plethora of possibilities to be able to do."
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/04/27/collapsing-at-home-desantis-travels-to-israel-and-proclaims-he-moved-u-s-embassy-to-jerusalem-not-president-trump/#more-246079
Is this DeSantis guy for real? Unfortunately, yes.
Don’t go there, Ron.
What Trump helped Israel to orchestrate with Jerusalem was wonderful and special. Don’t mess with that. Find something else Donald related to chip away at. There’s much to choose from.
Its Newsweak! Part of the lamestream media that is praising DeSantis because they want him to run instead of Trump you can’t trust those snakes....oh wait they’re trashing him? Oh then they’re 100% trustworthy. Carry on.
What a schmuck. I daresay Jared Kushner had more to do with that than DeSantis.
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Whether you like Newsweek or not, they’re simply reporting the facts. The video of DeSantis making the comments as in the link. Others besides Newsweek are reporting on it as well. If you’d prefer, you can read about it here:
I can’t wait to take out this DeSantis POS.
His supporters on Free Republic make it so easy to hate this sucker.
Ron urging trump to move the embassy and trump doing it are not mutually exclusive. I don’t understand why people on this thread are having such a hard time understanding that.
Amen!
It's no different than running on the issue of "who's best of Ukraine."
The only issue should be "who's best for America."
Usually as in the past 60+ percent against 16 percent looks like a loss…Sorry not sorry Ron!
I am beginning to really dislike this DeSantis guy
Ron urging trump to move the embassy and trump doing it are not mutually exclusive.
If Ron had claimed that he urged Trump to make the move, he’d still have been guilty of pompous self-importance. But Ron went beyond that. He used a different word -”cajoled”. The little weasel is trying to rewrite history and take credit for a policy position Trump had already committed to in 2016, during his campaign.
Ann Coulter was right on this issue, we want MAGA, and none of this is making America great again.
They so obviously want to run against Trump. He lost in 2020, they buried his candidates in 2022 and they saved all of their BS lawsuits until 2023 so they could dirty him up even more before the election.
From http://freebeacon.com/national-security/congress-amps-pressure-moving-u-s-embassy-israel-jerusalem/ :
Congress Amps Up Pressure on Moving U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Hearing will pressure Trump admin to follow through on promise
Adam Kredo
November 7, 2017
Congress is increasing pressure on the Trump administration to follow through with a now-stalled promise to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, according to lawmakers and multiple sources who told the Washington Free Beacon that move is long overdue and would help strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance after years of tension under the former Obama administration.
While President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail that one of his first acts in office would be to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, Israel's capital city, he officially delayed the process in June, issuing a waiver to prevent the embassy from being relocated.
The move sparked anger in the pro-Israel community, segments of which touted Trump as a positive force for U.S.-Israel relations. Now it's back on the congressional docket ahead of a Dec. 1 deadline for Trump to either begin moving the embassy or delay it for another six months.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on National Security will take up the issue Wednesday during a hearing aimed at pressuring the Trump administration to make good on its promise, according to those familiar with the hearing.
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.), the committee's chairman, visited potential sites for the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem during a March visit, and told the Free Beacon on Tuesday that the ongoing refusal to relocate the embassy is damaging U.S.-Israel relations.
"Moving the American embassy to Jerusalem is long overdue," DeSantis said. "It is absurd that Israel is the only nation in the world where our embassy is not located in the nation’s capital city. This is no way to treat an ally, much less one of our closest allies."
The Trump administration's decision to follow suit with past presidents and delay the embassy move must be reversed by the December deadline, DeSantis said. "It will send a powerful signal about American leadership when President Trump relocates the embassy to Jerusalem. It will also demonstrate that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's eternal and indivisible capital and will show hostile actors throughout the Middle East that Israel is here to stay."
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The National Security Subcommittee has been active on embassy issues—DeSantis visited potential embassy sites in Jerusalem on an official visit in March.
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The panelists are expected to lay out the ways in which the Trump administration could move forward with relocating the embassy, a process some argue would ignite greater tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, who also claim Jerusalem as the capital of their future state.
While Congress passed a law in 1995 requiring the United States to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, every presidential administration has waived the law in order to preserve its role in the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
Trump, like other presidents, has argued since taking office that moving the embassy could collapse negotiations between the two parties and harm America's credibility as a mediator.
Pro-Israel supporters in Congress, however, do not buy this argument, and are becoming increasingly willing to call out the Trump administration over its refusal to follow through with its campaign promise to finally move the embassy.
"Israel is the only nation in the world where an American embassy is not located in its chosen capital city," said one senior congressional official working on the matter. "It is long past time that we rectify this error and locate our embassy in Jerusalem. It is our hope that this hearing and the witness testimony will highlight how moving the embassy will strengthen the U.S.-Israeli alliance and send a clear message of support for Israel."
To run for President when it’s needed, is one thing.
To run for President against the man the dems want out and who can fill any stadium .
To do what the dems want.. to stop Trump .
Is wrong! DeSantis can’t try to defeat Trump and stay in my good graces!
What is he thanking.. wrong, Ron!
See post #17 or the full article at http://freebeacon.com/national-security/congress-amps-pressure-moving-u-s-embassy-israel-jerusalem/
I didn’t know Pres. Trump had to be pressured, and I understand why he and the previous pro-Israel presidents were concerned. However, Congress did pressure him since he kept signing the waivers instead of following through up until he finally completed what was started in 1995. This does not take away from his achievement as the president who finally made it happen, but he didn’t do it by himself, and Gov. DeSantis apparently wasn’t lying about Pres. Trump having to be cajoled, persuaded, whatever term you prefer.
Am I supposed to be for one or the other based on their ability to Make Israel Great Again?
Moving our embassy to Jerusalem doesn’t conflict with America first. But that’s beside the point. Regardless of whether you care about this particular issue or not, DeSantis is trying to take credit for an outcome he played no role in securing.
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