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01-08-2019, 12:22 PM
One of the rising of stars of GOP-Adelson/AIPAC wing, Sen Rubio, clashes with one of the new rising stars of Dems, Rep Tlaib, on the issue of America-Firsterism:
https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/marco-rubio-calls-rashida-tlaibs-jibe-on-anti-bds-bill-anti-semitic
Marco Rubio Blasts Rashida Tlaib's Dual Loyalty Suggestion: 'Typical Anti-Semitic Line'
January 7, 2019
Tlaib stepped in it again over the weekend when she suggested in a tweet that several U.S. senators have dual loyalties to both the United States and Israel.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and the American Jewish Committee on Monday pushed back at Tlaib, decrying her statement as "outrageous" and "anti-Semitic."
Rubio, along with Senator James Risch (R-Idaho), last week reintroduced pro-Israel legislation that did not get passed in the last Congress. The Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019 combines several Middle East-related items into a single bill, including Syria withdrawal and financial aid to Israel.
One section of the bill, called Combating BDS Act of 2019, would protect states that penalize Israel boycotters. According to Rubio, Democrat leaders are trying to avoid a vote on his bill because it would expose how many Democrat BDS supporters are now in the Senate.
The bill empowers "state and local governments in the United States to counter the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement’s discriminatory economic warfare against the Jewish state," a press release on Senator Rubio's website says.
"They forgot what country they represent," Tlaib, a Palestinian American, wrote on Twitter Sunday. "This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part of our historical fight for freedom & equality."
They forgot what country they represent. This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part of our historical fight for freedom & equality. Maybe a refresher on our U.S. Constitution is in order, then get back to opening up our government instead of taking our rights away. https://t.co/KkmqjR58ZM
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) January 7, 2019 (https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1082095303325609984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Rubio hit back on Twitter Monday morning: "This 'dual loyalty' canard is a typical anti-Semitic line. #BDS isn’t about freedom & equality, it’s about destroying #Israel."
Related
US Senate’s First Bill, in Midst of Shutdown, to ensure $38B Aid to Israel and no boycotts (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?529979-US-Senate’s-First-Bill-in-Midst-of-Shutdown-to-ensure-38B-Aid-to-Israel-and-no-boycotts&)
LewRockwell.com: U.S. Senators Are Nearly All Stooges for Israel (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?441430-LewRockwell-com-U-S-Senators-Are-Nearly-All-Stooges-for-Israel&)
https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/marco-rubio-calls-rashida-tlaibs-jibe-on-anti-bds-bill-anti-semitic
Marco Rubio Blasts Rashida Tlaib's Dual Loyalty Suggestion: 'Typical Anti-Semitic Line'
January 7, 2019
Tlaib stepped in it again over the weekend when she suggested in a tweet that several U.S. senators have dual loyalties to both the United States and Israel.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and the American Jewish Committee on Monday pushed back at Tlaib, decrying her statement as "outrageous" and "anti-Semitic."
Rubio, along with Senator James Risch (R-Idaho), last week reintroduced pro-Israel legislation that did not get passed in the last Congress. The Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019 combines several Middle East-related items into a single bill, including Syria withdrawal and financial aid to Israel.
One section of the bill, called Combating BDS Act of 2019, would protect states that penalize Israel boycotters. According to Rubio, Democrat leaders are trying to avoid a vote on his bill because it would expose how many Democrat BDS supporters are now in the Senate.
The bill empowers "state and local governments in the United States to counter the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement’s discriminatory economic warfare against the Jewish state," a press release on Senator Rubio's website says.
"They forgot what country they represent," Tlaib, a Palestinian American, wrote on Twitter Sunday. "This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part of our historical fight for freedom & equality."
They forgot what country they represent. This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part of our historical fight for freedom & equality. Maybe a refresher on our U.S. Constitution is in order, then get back to opening up our government instead of taking our rights away. https://t.co/KkmqjR58ZM
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) January 7, 2019 (https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1082095303325609984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Rubio hit back on Twitter Monday morning: "This 'dual loyalty' canard is a typical anti-Semitic line. #BDS isn’t about freedom & equality, it’s about destroying #Israel."
Related
US Senate’s First Bill, in Midst of Shutdown, to ensure $38B Aid to Israel and no boycotts (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?529979-US-Senate’s-First-Bill-in-Midst-of-Shutdown-to-ensure-38B-Aid-to-Israel-and-no-boycotts&)
LewRockwell.com: U.S. Senators Are Nearly All Stooges for Israel (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?441430-LewRockwell-com-U-S-Senators-Are-Nearly-All-Stooges-for-Israel&)