Posted on 11/18/2024 3:28:02 PM PST by Olog-hai
South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune on Sunday threatened to slap the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions if it did not drop its application for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Thune — who was selected Wednesday to be the next Senate Majority Leader once the GOP takes the upper chamber come January 2025 — warned that if the current Democratic leader does not take on the international court, he will.
“If the ICC and its prosecutor do not reverse their outrageous and unlawful actions to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli officials, the Senate should immediately pass sanctions legislation, as the House has already done on a bipartisan basis,” Thune wrote on X. “If Majority Leader Schumer does not act, the Senate Republican majority will stand with our key ally Israel and make this — and other supportive legislation — a top priority in the next Congress.” […]
The U.S. does not officially recognize the ICC’s authority, but it is not the first time Washington has looked to halt the court’s actions.
In 2020, the Trump administration opposed attempts by the ICC to investigate U.S. soldiers and the CIA involved in alleged war crimes between 2003-2004 “in secret detention facilities in Afghanistan,” and issued sanctions against ICC prosecutors. …
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Sit down, Thune. You are a traitor and a coward. Only now you say something.
Yep; all this time to speak out and he suddenly does so now.
OK, this isn’t a bad thing.
Gotta give credit where credit’s due.
“OK, this isn’t a bad thing.”
Except it is just for show at his new job. “Look! I did something!”.
Well, now that he has been chosen majority leader, his speaking carries some weight that it wouldn't have before.
Let’s see him show the same concern about cleaning up the DOJ and Deep State by pushing for the Gaetz as AG.
Doesn’t mean he couldn’t have shown initiative before he was handed that position.
If Thune wants to do something international, how about the wall ? Our border, Thune, how about that ? , spit.
Hey, the one good thing about RINOs is they can be intimidated by real power. And they’re recognizing that in Trump.
“Building a wall is a red herring”
“The fundamental problem is that anyone can claim asylum with zero proof, which means all of Earth can come to America.”
Elon Musk
Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act H.R. 8282
“Forty-two Democrats joined 205 Republicans in passing the bill to the Senate.”
https://americanfaith.com/house-passes-sanctions-bill-against-icc/
now that trump is in... you are right.
the UN is the spy organization that hires, hides, pays, supports and promotes anti Israel, anti Jew, Anti Christian subverters world wide.
Even though it comes from Thune, it’s good to put the corrupt court on notice.
Somehow after years of nothing from Thune...this just sounds like a different page of nothing.
Anything that leans sane these days, is good.
If democrats do something good, it doesn’t make it bad
because they did it.
I share the view that Thune isn’t our kind of guy.
If he does our kind of stuff, I’ll tolerate it. LOL
Thune is also stopping Schumer’s attempt to load the courts with lefties.
If it is that easy then where has McConnell been?
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