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The House has passed a resolution standing with Israel in the aftermath of attacks by Hamas (www.politico.com)

submitted 1 year ago by davel@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Nine progressive Democrats voted nay:

Jamaal Bowman
Andre Carson
Cori Bush
Al Green
Summer Lee
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ilhan Omar
Delia Ramirez
Rashida Talib

They were joined by one Republican, Thomas Massie.

Six Democrats voted present on the resolution: Greg Casar, Joaquin Castro, Nydia Velázquez, Ayanna Pressley, Chuy Garcia and Pramila Jayapal.

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[-] Cockmaster6000@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

The US stands with Israel even after it attacks our own ships.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I can't find this, care to provide source?

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago

Wikipedia: USS Liberty incident

The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Does fact downvoting pay well? Because I’m looking for a new side hussle.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

The US attacked their own ships too so...

[-] EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Well ... it didn't take them long after choosing a speaker, that's good? I think?

Also, did this surprise anyone?

[-] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Really surprised we didn't side with Hamas this time.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Why? Support for the Genocidal state of Israel has been a bipartisan position since before you were born. Is this just some knee-jerk world-view of politics that you've crafted from Marvel movies where the "bad guys" do only "bad" things but the good guys do only good things, like unconditionally support genocidal states?

[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

This is god-tier sarcasm

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

It's wild reading things like Biden telling Israel to not commit genocide yet because he wants time to make sure US can prepare for a war with Lebanon and Iran in case they intervene. It’s like telling Hannibal Lecter not to eat someone because you have to run to the store to buy salt.