Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is poised to join Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress, despite tensions between the Israeli leader and many Democrats over the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Johnson told The Hill this week that he sent Schumer a draft invitation around a month ago, but the Senate leader has been sitting on it since.
Netanyahu’s visit — if it does materialize — is sure to spark outrage among liberals, who have strongly criticized the prime minister’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war and the growing number of civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
It will also come amid a tense moment in the relationship between Schumer — the highest-ranking Jewish official in U.S. history — and Netanyahu, after the Senate leader called for new elections in Israel to replace the longtime conservative leader.
Netanyahu last addressed Congress in 2015, a speech that put a spotlight on the long-running tensions between liberals Democrats and conservative Netanyahu. A number of Democrats skipped the event in protest of the Israeli leader, who utilized his time in the Capitol to criticize then-President Obama over the Iran nuclear deal.
Netanyahu should absolutely send Schumer a 'who must go?' meme to dunk on him for being such an unbelievable ***** . Inviting him like a month after saying Israel should have a new election is the weakest **** I've ever seen in my life.
Send his *** to Guantanamo Bay
The Dems saved Mike Johnson from being removed to save their Israel and Ukraine funding. I wish the Libs understood that Dems will sell out your repro rights and human rights to an actual Christian theocratic fundamentalist in seconds to get their bag and warmonger more.
There's a very good chance that by time Bibi arrives in Washinfton that he has arrest warrants out for him in most other countries. Including Israel. And Chuck Schumer wants to roll out the welcome mat to cover up the rivers of blood.
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