The House delivered a rebuke to President Joe Biden Thursday for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, passing legislation that seeks to force the weapons transfer as Republicans worked to highlight Democratic divisions over the Israel-Hamas war.
Seeking to discourage Israel from its offensive on the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Biden administration this month put on hold a weapons shipment of 3,500 bombs — some as large as 2,000 pounds — that are capable of killing hundreds in populated areas. Republicans were outraged, accusing Biden of abandoning the closest U.S. ally in the Middle East.
Debate over the bill, rushed to the House floor by GOP leadership this week, showed Washington’s deeply fractured outlook on the Israel-Hamas war. The White House and Democratic leadership scrambled to rally support from a House caucus that ranges from moderates frustrated that the president would allow any daylight between the U.S. and Israel to progressives outraged that he is still sending any weapons at all.
Oh cool, they’re trying to make complicity in genocide mandatory and it passed with 16 Dems voting in favor.
That’s not at all a horrifying portent of what’s to come no matter which out of touch authoritarian wins in November…
Which 16? Name and shame.
Matt Cartwright, Pennsylvania.
Angie Craig, Minnesota.
Henry Cuellar, Texas.
Donald G. Davis, North Carolina.
Lois Frankel, Florida
Jared F. Golden, Maine
Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey
Greg Landsman, Ohio
Jared Moskowitz, Florida
Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey
Mary Sattler Peltola, Alaska
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Washington
David Scott, Georgia
Darren Soto, Florida
Thomas R. Suozzi, New York
Ritchie Torres, New York
Looks like I have a representative to call.
Mine is hiding behind a submission form requiring a permanent address in their district in order to contact them.
Looks like I’ll just have to show up at their office to ask why they sent bombs to kill thousands of innocent women and children.
Another pointless bill that still has to be voted on in the Senate and if it passes there will be vetoed by Biden. The folks in the House need to watch Schoolhouse Rock…
The House and the GOP know exactly what they are doing. They passed a repeal of Obamacare something like 80 times in Obama’s last few months in office and then didn’t dare pass one while Trump was there.
This is political theater meant to rile up the base.
And 16 centrist Democrats voted with Republicans on the bill because, and I cannot stress this enough, centrists fucking love genocide.
Another pointless bill that still has to be voted on in the Senate and if it passes there will be vetoed by Biden.
I’m not so sure on either count. Particularly not the senate.
