Nine House Democrats voted against a GOP-authored resolution that rejected all forms of anti-Semitism and says Israel is “not a racist apartheid state” following comments from Rep. Pramila Jayapal that criticized the Middle Eastern democracy.
The measure from Rep. August Pfluger, Texas Republican, breezed through the chamber, 412-9. Rep. Betty McCollum, Minnesota Democrat, voted ‘present.’ The measure passed under a suspension of the rules, a fast-track maneuver that requires approval from two-thirds of lawmakers for passage.
The nine Democratic lawmakers that voted against the measure were Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Cori Bush of Missouri, Andre Carson of Indiana, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Delia Ramirez of Illinois.GOP leaders will use those votes as a broad political cudgel against Democrats as they try to make inroads with Jewish voters and twist the knife over Ms.
“This body, this Congress supported a South African apartheid regime, and that was bipartisan as well,” the Michigan Democrat said. “You can’t tell me that they can invite RFK Jr. and then somehow, in the same week, act as though they are some kind of protector of our communities,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez told reporters.“This legislation really deals with the overall desire for us to stand up against anti-Semitism,” said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican. “You’ve seen many people on the left express those kinds of views.
President Biden welcomed Mr. Herzog to the White House on Tuesday and hailed the special bond between the countries. “While Jews overall are a strongly Democratic and liberal cohort, there is one segment of the Jewish population that is notably more inclined toward conservatism and the GOP,” the 2021 Pew study said. “Three-quarters of Orthodox Jews identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, more than three times the share who identify with or lean toward the Democrats .”
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