Or hang with him . . .
(Arthur Szyk - self-portrait with Haman, and hamantasch).
Posted on 03/02/2015 7:01:25 PM PST by Dave346
Currently, 61 members of Congress have confirmed they will not attend the speech.
Arizona
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
California
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) — “I am disappointed Speaker Boehner chose to irresponsibly interject politics into what has long been a strong and bipartisan relationship between the United States and Israel. As President Obama has noted, it is inappropriate for a Head of State to address Congress just two weeks ahead of their election. I agree that Congress should not be used as a prop in Israeli election campaigns, so I intend to watch the speech on TV in my office.”
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) — “Rep. McNerney is not planning to attend the speech. He’s got several previously planned commitments for that day.”
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Colorado
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Florida
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Georgia
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Hawaii
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) — “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.”
Iowa
Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IL)
Illinois
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Indiana
Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
Kentucky
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) — “We know what he is going to say. Netanyahu’s position on the ongoing negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program is not a secret. Like many other members, I have been visited by the Israeli ambassador and understand what they want and how that differs from what U.S. negotiators are attempting to accomplish.”
Louisiana
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
Maine
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Maryland
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Massachusetts
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) — “This invitation came without consulting the President or State Department and with the false representation that it was a bi-partisan invitation. Speaker Boehner has poisoned a critical foreign policy discussion with partisan gamesmanship.”
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MD) — “I have been and will continue to be a strong supporter of Israel, but the timing and circumstances of this speech are deeply troubling.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Michigan
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Minnesota
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) — “I will respectfully abstain from attending Mr. Netanyahu’s campaign rally.”
Missouri
Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO)
Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Mississippi
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
New Jersey
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
New Mexico
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
New York
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) — “The whole thing is a nightmare in diplomacy.”
North Carolina
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Ohio
Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Oregon
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) — “For the sake of diplomacy, peace, and respect for our ally Israel, to say nothing of stability in the Middle East, Speaker Boehner must cancel the joint session of Congress with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. If he does not, I will refuse to be part of a reckless act of political grandstanding.”
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Pennsylvania
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Rhode Island
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
South Carolina
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)
Tennessee
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) — “The Prime Minister’s use of the U.S. House chamber as a stage to argue against the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, which is currently being negotiated among Iran and the P5+1 — the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany, is reckless.”
Texas
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) – “While success with Iran is far from assured, we must seek to overcome the misguided approach of those, like Mr. Netanyahu, who would reject any reasonable nuclear agreement. The only true alternative to an effective agreement is war with Iran. Scuttling nuclear negotiations with Iran would endanger every family in America and Israel.”
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) — “The Congresswoman has no plans to attend the speech at this time,” a spokeswoman said.
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX)
Virginia
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) — “There is no reason to schedule this speech before Israeli voters go to the polls on March 17 and choose their own leadership.”
Vermont
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) — “They have orchestrated a tawdry and high-handed stunt that has embarrassed not only Israel but the Congress itself.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — “I’m not thinking of not going. I am not going. I may watch it on TV.”
Washington
Rep. Denny Heck (D-WA)
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) — “I do not intend to attend the speech of Bibi. The whole event is to shore up Bibi’s political campaign. It also may reflect an attempt to gum up the negotiations with Iran. Side benefit is to make the president look weak.”
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Washington, D.C.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Wisconsin
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Explain please.
stewards of gondor all
Ignorant petulant children. I have nothing but contempt for each and every one of them.
Thanks, I’d like to get a movement going, who can I call? We can mail them all swastikas and letters with block letters Sieg Heil! or maybe one letter with both. Could easily email but then the gestapo could actually hunt us down.
61 of them though, might be logistically difficult.
Blacks, Hispanics and Communists and I’m being redundant.
Or hang with him . . .
(Arthur Szyk - self-portrait with Haman, and hamantasch).
Theologically speaking I hope they find the one true God. (Hint: Allah ain’t it.) Politically speaking, they can go to political hell and stay there until they rot.
The Hamas wing of the Democrat party.
Ya! Obergruppen Furer Franken of the Demo Nazi SS.
Iran is laughing at those morons..just like they are laughing at the moron who was just on with Sean Hannity..Iran already has a nuke, they are already ready to use it..and these morons who will be boycotting the speech will be celebrating when the nuke goes off..Hitler’s army is alive and well
If nothing else, this speech gives us a roster on who is who in the conflict between our allies, Israel, and the Islamo-Facsists. Thank you, Bamster.
Steve Cohen(Iran)- Democrat
61 effin’ treasonous babies who need to grow up.
We hate Israel yes we do
We want ISIS to kill the Jew
Put them in a shack of gas
Netanyahu can kiss our ass
Yes we hate Jooos
Yes we hate Jooos
Yes we hate Jooos
Because we're Democrats
I am very happy (and surprised) to NOT see my Democrat Representative, Ann Kirkpatrick AZ-1 on that list.
Maybe she ain’t all bad after all.
Seeing what has become the party that hates America and hates our allies, who votes for these assclowns?
So the terrorist lobby is keeping us informed on what its politicians are doing.
Bookmarked
16,000 Jews gave Netanyahu dozens of standing O’s
Sheldon Adelson is going to take attendance, He will make sure these creeps have well funded oponents.
I think Jews are getting the message about the Democrats.
They will boycott the speech but they will be glued to the TV absorbing every word that Bibi speaks and, some of them, may silently applaud.
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