If you don’t know the answer to that by now, you should.
But if you don’t, read this excerpt from Corey Walker’s article at algemeiner.com. Then you’ll know.
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats announced their new 11-member leadership team for the 119th session of the US Congress, which will begin next month. Sen. Chuck Schumer (NY) will continue to lead Democrats in the upper legislative chamber, but this time soon as the minority party. Meanwhile, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN) elevated to the No. 3 spot as the chair of the Steering and Policy Committee and Sen. Cory Booker (NJ) moved to the No. 4 spot as chair of the Strategic Communications Committee.
Other members of the leadership team include: Sen. Mark Warner (VA) as co-vice chair of the conference, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (WI) as conference secretary, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) as vice chair of outreach.
The other five newly elected members of Democratic leadership, or 45 percent of the group, voted last month in support of each of three separate resolutions aimed at depriving Israel of weapons amid its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. The lawmakers are Sens. Dick Durbin (IL), party whip; Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), co-vice chair of the conference; Bernie Sanders (VT), an independent who caucuses with Democrats and will be chair of outreach; and Chris Murphy (CT) and Brian Schatz (D-HI), both deputy conference secretaries.
All five senators voted for measures to ban the sale of tank cartridges to Israel and target sales of mortar rounds and precision-guided bombs to the Jewish state.
Despite their votes, however, the Senate overwhelmingly smacked down all three measures, which were spearheaded by Sanders. A total of 19 senators — 17 Democrats and two independents — supported at least one of the three resolutions.
FYI: The two “independents” – Angus King of Maine and the execrable bernard sanders of Vermont – both caucus with Democrats.
Therefore, about 40% of all Democrat votes were to withhold vital equipment for Israel, which is literally fighting for its survival. By contrast, every Republican, without exception, voted to provide that equipment.
“But wait”, you might say if you’ve been buying into the lies perpetrated by Democrats about Donald Trump; “since Trump is hitlerian, like Democrats kept telling me throughout the presidential campaign, even if all those other Republicans support Israel getting this equipment he will certainly prevent it from happening.”
If you actually believed that, you must be a SIP: someone either so Stupid, and/or so Ignorant, and/or so Partisan, that you have managed to either not notice or notice but discount Donald Trump’s long-time unwavering support for Israel.
Keeping in mind that Trump was the President who moved our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and, this time around, has again surrounded himself with avid supporters of Israel (including his own Jewish son), if you still believe it ….I have a bridge connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn that I’ll be happy to sell you at a discount.
