Posted on 07/18/2023 5:57:17 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution condemning antisemitism and stating that Israel is not a racist state, NBC News reported.
The vote was 412-9, with 195 Democrats joining all Republicans in voting yes. Nine Democrats voted against the non-binding resolution, several of whom have previously denounced Israel as an “apartheid state”. One Democrat voted present.
The resolution was a Republican response to Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who over the weekend called Israel a “racist state”, before walking back the comments and stating that she had directed them at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Before Tuesday’s vote, Jayapal declined to provide any lengthy comment about the GOP effort, only calling it “ridiculous” before the elevator doors closed.
Authored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), the resolution does not mention Jayapal by name but it clearly takes aim at her recent remarks, noted NBC News. It states that it’s the sense of Congress that “the State of Israel is not a racist or apartheid state,” that “Congress rejects all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia," and that “the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel.”
“This is about an affirmation of support,” said Pfluger, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. “This is about a stance: 75 years after Israel became a nation, the United States was within minutes the first country to recognize them.”
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But according to all the Dems, America is a racist country. Go figure.
The dimmocraps opposed are the ones you’d imagine: the Squat. AOC & her low IQ demonic hater friends.
Priorities. We’re in good hands. I have a better idea. Let’s pass a resolution declaring the J6 prisoners are not insurrectionists.
How are those J6 political prisoners doing?
Democrats saddened
“Democrats saddened”
You mean the democrats who overwhelmingly voted for this?
Wasting tax dollars. A resolution is not a law. It’s a statement that goes in the record. Means nothing. They could have put that on Facebook for the good that does.
this is important to have all on the record. you have forgotten how they could not get D’s to do the same thing on an Omar outrageous outburst a few years back. they had to water it down and call it anti-hate in general. this time the D’s had to line up to reject Jayapal’s anti-semitism. it’s clear the D’s are worried.
Few voters care about the voting records of resolutions with everything else going on.
Has our government always been this worthless and I’m just seeing it for the first time, or are they at an all new level of worthless?
Correct. How much did that vote cost?
This should really piss off the refugees like Omar and Jayapal Six up there with the Fools on the Hill.
Yes, yes, and yes.
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Always worthless but both parties once played golf together and attempted to solve problems.
Now they just go after fellow politicians and their families constantly and only pretend what they are doing is to help you. They know it’s just to keep you angry at the other side. Works for them.
Look what these morons waste time ,money and energy on while the Rats destroy the fabric of the country.
Hate crimes on the rise because iof Arab invented “apartheid” slurs.
This ought to stop it..
Absolutely pathetic
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