* The House passed the Iron Dome bill in an overwhelming 420 to 9 majority
* Rep. Rashida Tlaib went after the bill because its text expresses a US endorsement of the Israeli military's rocket campaign against Gaza in May
* Rep. Ted Deutch, a moderate Democrat, condemned Tlaib on the House floor
* Tlaib is the only Palestinian-American elected official in Congress
* She called Israel an 'apartheid state' that the US was 'enabling' Wednesday night
* $1 billion was originally allocated toward the Iron Dome in Democrats' continuing resolution to avert a partial government shutdown
* It was swiftly removed from the bill after progressives threatened to tank it
The House approved sending Israel $1 billion for its Iron Dome defense system by an overwhelming 420 to 9 majority after Progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib was accused of anti-semitism by a member of her own party in a stunning rebuke on the House floor Thursday.
Among the 'no' votes were Tlaib and her fellow Squad members Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was one of two 'present' votes.
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WNU Editor: Progressive Democrats are voicing their objection to their funding .... Rashida Tlaib denounces Iron Dome funding bill for ‘apartheid’ Israel (Times of Israel).
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4 comments:
I with Rashida. Without Iron Dome the Israelis will be forced to steamroll over Hamas.
Yeah! More money and weapons for the apartheid state. Freedom and democracy are on the march.
I'd say everyone is a winner here. Even the alleged loosers.
God Bless.
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