White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby appeared on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday, and what he didn’t say stuck out as much as what he did.
Although Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has been openly engaging in election interference lately, calling out from the Senate floor for Israeli regime change, Kirby failed to condemn the incendiary rhetoric. Instead, he offered up a wishy-washy nonstatement about Israel’s voters having the final say.
HOST MARTHA RADDATZ: Let — let’s start with Chuck Schumer’s speech. President Biden called it “a good speech,” and yet he has not sided with Chuck Schumer in calling for new leadership in Israel.
KIRBY: Well, because the president understands that that’s up to the Israeli people. That’s up to the Israeli government that they elect to determine whether and how, if there’s going to be new elections, what that…
