The top Republican in the Senate delivered a sharp retort to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday after the Democrat delivered a speech criticizing Israel amid its fight against Hamas following the group’s deadly terrorist attack in October.
In delivering remarks on the Senate floor, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took particular issue with Schumer’s call for the U.S. ally to hold a new election while criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership.
Sen. McConnell: “It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel. This is unprecedented. We should not treat fellow democracies this way at all.” pic.twitter.com/K6xOd1a9Ey
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“The Jewish state of Israel deserves an ally that acts like one….
