Posted on 02/17/2015 10:34:20 AM PST by Dave346
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House (22)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) — Wrote a Jan. 29 column in The Huffington Post explaining his decision, saying the Constitution “vests the responsibility for foreign affairs in the president.”
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.) — A spokesman told the Chicago Sun-Times that Gutierrez has a "strong" record on Israel but called the speech "a stunt."
Rep. Betty McCollum (Minn.): "In my view Mr. Netanyahu’s speech before Congress is nothing more than a campaign event hosted by Speaker Boehner and paid for by the American people," McCollum said in a statement."
Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.) — "I'm offended as an American," he said on MSNBC.
Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.) — "We know what he is going to say," the Jewish lawmaker said in a statement.
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (N.C.), Rep. Andre Carson (Ind.), Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.), Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.), Rep. Donna Edwards (Md.), Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.), Rep. Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.), Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas), Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Rep. John Lewis (Ga.), Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.), Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), Rep. Beto O'Rourke (Texas), Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine), Rep. Cedric Richmond (La.), Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
Senate (3)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) — Leahy called it a "tawdry and high-handed stunt," according to a Vermont newspaper.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, said it’s “wrong” that Obama wasn’t consulted about the speech.
Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii) — “The U.S.-Israel relationship is too important to be overshadowed by partisan politics," said Schatz in a statement. "I am disappointed in the Republican leadership’s invitation of Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress with the apparent purpose of undermining President Obama’s foreign policy prerogatives.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Showing their true stripes. No surprise, here.
That’s a good start.
I think it’ll be a lot higher than that come speech time.
Democrats in Congress boycott an official from Israel speaking to Congress. In effect, JEW HATERS. Blast that to every Jew in this country and tell it like it is. They are against Israel’s right to exist and against Jews in this country. Take it from there.
Democrats as a demographic do not support Israel. Sometime I would like a Jew to explain to me why so many Jews also do not support Israel.
The dem party has chosen to side with our enemies.
25 dems may be 10% of their caucus but only 6% of the House of Representatives, and only 5% of the whole Congress.
So let them do their worst!
if a MC is upset with Speaker Boehner, they can just go down the hall and tell him whatever their concern(s) may be
boycotting or going AWOL when the Israeli PM visits is a horrible embarrassment to USA (and insult to Israel)
these MC’s need to be turned out of office ASAP
It is nice that the Jew haters will come out of the closet so we can at least know who they are.
No, Labor Party supporters. Most American Jews who vote Democrat are probably not Likud backers.
They must obey their commie muzzie master Ozero.
Will the American Jewish community notice? Or care?
This is surprising?
From the same political party that boo’ed God a few years back and considers Jews & Christians the source of a lot of “problems”.
It would be a good opportunity to vote to override an Obama veto. Too bad the timing of the vetoes is off.
“It says in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion that the damned Jews will make us look like antisemites, just because we hate them!” - Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.)
“Jews broke my bicycle.” - Vice President Joe Biden
This is not an isolated incident. the Democrat support for The Palestinian cause over the years has not been along Isreali political party lines.
Boehner should take the opportunity to vote on some bills....
I expect over the next two weeks 100% of the communists will boycott the speech.
At that point it should be evident who the communists are; at least most of them; a few might attend in order to denigrate and disrespect BiBi, when asked by the media for comment.
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