Stefanik took aim at President Joe Biden's stance on Israel while she spoke to Israeli lawmakers in the Jewish state on Sunday.
, took aim at Biden’s policies, specifically his decision to withhold offensive weaponry from Israel over its looming major offensive in Rafah.
I have been clear at home and I will be clear here: There is no excuse for an American president to block aid to Israel – aid that was duly passed by the Congress. There is no excuse to ease sanctions on Iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the world’s leading state sponsor of…“I have been clear at home, and I will be clear here: There is no excuse for an American president to block aid to Israel, aid that was duly passed by the Congress.
“Unlike some figures on the right, President Biden did not rail against the Israeli government in the days after October 7, nor has he ever praised terrorist organizations like Hezbollah – and he will not be lectured by any person who was silent in the face of those offensive statements,” he added. Stefanik, on the other hand, touted Trump’s policies on Israel and positioned herself as a “leading proponent and partner” of the former president. The New York congresswoman has been floated as a potential running mate for Trump in November.“The enemy is inside more than just the gates of the United Nations. It is also in powerful Western institutions in my country and beyond, where the virus, the vile virus of antisemitism, is spreading.
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