Who lies about something like this? Rob DeSantis has issues https://t.co/DDfLC8FuD0— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) October 27, 2023
Posted on 10/27/2023 2:07:39 PM PDT by conservative98
Ron DeSantis is receiving pushback from Israeli diplomats, Florida Democrats and the White House after he falsely claimed credit for a gun-running operation to assist Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
The Florida governor and 2024 presidential hopeful declared on Thursday that he had worked with Israel’s consul general in Miami to send military equipment, including drones, body armor and helmets.
His office, according to Reuters, said it had worked to “get weapons and ammunition to Israel through private parties” as part of his high-profile “rescue operation”. The operation involved sending humanitarian supplies on chartered planes and returning from Israel hundreds of US citizens who wanted to come home following the Hamas attacks.
His boast, however, started to unravel when Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, Israel’s consul general, told the news agency he had not asked for DeSantis’s help, and that the governor’s involvement was limited to smoothing paperwork requirements for a previously arranged shipment of “rifle parts” ordered by his government.
“I am not aware and would find it very, very bizarre to think that somebody is procuring weapons and sending it to Israel,” he said. “This is not how we work. And certainly not privately funded.”
DeSantis has made hardline support of Israel a prominent part of his flailing campaign
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He has called a special session of the Florida legislature for early next month to approve state sanctions on Iranian businesses and interests.
With other presidential contenders, he will attend a donor gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas this weekend. On Friday, he will deliver a speech on foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC.
Critics accuse him of acting as if he were president, and operating a de facto foreign policy from the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee that is not under his purview.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
“President Biden is the commander in chief of our military, not Ron DeSantis,” said Nikki Fried, chair of the Florida Democratic party, in a statement to the Miami Herald.
“As a navy veteran, Ron should understand the importance of respecting the chain of command. This is a gross breach of norms and a potential violation of federal laws governing the shipment of weapons.”
John Kirby, strategic communications director for the National Security Council, told reporters at the White House on Thursday that he could not be certain DeSantis had “checked all the boxes”.
“It is not illegal for the governor of a state to offer a measure of foreign assistance to another country [but] there are laws and regulations which govern how the export process is handled,” he said.
“That’s all done through commerce. I couldn’t speak with authority today about whether the governor has checked all those boxes or not.”
In a statement to the Guardian, a spokesperson for the Department of Commerce said they could not confirm details of particular transactions, but reminded US exporters “seeking to provide support for Israel” that appropriate federal authorizations were necessary.
Who lies about something like this? Rob DeSantis has issues https://t.co/DDfLC8FuD0— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) October 27, 2023
The Israeli’s said, “Ron who did what?”
Whose bright idea was it to make a claim like this? What idiots did he hire to make him look like an ass and why would he go along with it?
The Guardian is a toxic waste dump. Find a different source for this story.
Why do you assume that some advisor told him to do it? Why couldn't it just simply be DeStantis attempting to horn in on a huge international story because he thought it would score political points?
Would you have a problem if he sent a couple Florida Highway Patrol cruisers? I think he might be authorized to do that.
Election grandstanding. gak~
Story also on Reuters, who was probably upstream of Guardian’s story.
You may be right about that. I can’t imagine making a claim like this if it isn’t true or is deceptive. Which it appears to be.
Ron, this is the biggest Rake you have stepped on so far. Who told you this was a good idea? I wondered how a mere Governor had the authority to ship weaponry to a foreign government, even with Israel being an ally. Then, to not have done it at all? Did you hire AOC as a Campaign Specialist? This is a smear on your judgement.
Just wait till people like Donald Trump start talking about this at one of his rallies.
Desperate candidates say desperate things.
This is up there with lyin’ Ted’s picking his VP Fiorina before he convention…
yeh... we need this level of incompetence
DeSantis competing with Haley and Pence for maximum cringe.
Still better than any f***ing RAT.
Um, the Guardian? Lol. The only thing that “unraveled” was this bogus story, at about the third paragraph where it was revealed that the source is an obscure Israeli lawyer who admitted that supplies were sent this week, an embittered Dem commie Nikki Fried, and Biden Dem underling John Kirby, who isn’t certain RDS “checked all of the boxes” lolz.
This story comes out a week before the very presidential RDS helped to get 300 Americans back home from Israel.
Do better.
I posted a similar story earlier this afternoon
Israeli official, DeSantis administration at odds over alleged ammunition shipment
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4192694/posts
The source is salem radio
https://srnnews.com/israeli-official-desantis-administration-at-odds-over-alleged-ammunition-shipment/
There are many articles from yesterday, that has desanctus saying he sent weapons and ammunition to Israel.
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