Stephanie
Diamond Member
- Jul 11, 2004
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- 10,864
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so this is what you pay these people for? to boycott their duties as YOUR elected REPRESENTIVE of our country. everyone of them needs to voted out of their jobs
SNIP:
AP
BY: Brent Scher
March 3, 2015 5:00 am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday regarding the dangers of nuclear talks with Iran, but more than 50 Democrats in Congress have decided to boycott his speech.
The number of Democratic members of Congress who announced they would be skipping the speech continued to grow as Tuesday approached, with a running count by the Hill putting the number at 55.
A majority of those boycotting Netanyahu’s speech, including six of the seven senators who will not be attending, have received endorsements from radical anti-Israel group J Street, which has launched an aggressive media campaign against the speech.
J Street sent a letter to members of Congress calling for the speech to be postponed until after Israel’s elections. It also purchased a full-page newspaper ad in the New York Times.
Many of the members who are part of the speech boycott have received support from J Street.
Nearly all the senators boycotting the speech—including Tim Kaine, Brian Schatz, Al Franken, Bernie Sanders, Martin Heinrich, and Sheldon Whitehouse—have received endorsements from J Street. A large number of House members who are part of the boycott are J Street-endorsed as well.
The Anti-Defamation League has called J Street’s fight against Netanyahu’s speech “inflammatory and repugnant.”
A full list of congressmen not attending the speech can be found below.
ALL of it here:
The Shame of the Democrats Washington Free Beacon
SNIP:
AP
BY: Brent Scher
March 3, 2015 5:00 am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday regarding the dangers of nuclear talks with Iran, but more than 50 Democrats in Congress have decided to boycott his speech.
The number of Democratic members of Congress who announced they would be skipping the speech continued to grow as Tuesday approached, with a running count by the Hill putting the number at 55.
A majority of those boycotting Netanyahu’s speech, including six of the seven senators who will not be attending, have received endorsements from radical anti-Israel group J Street, which has launched an aggressive media campaign against the speech.
J Street sent a letter to members of Congress calling for the speech to be postponed until after Israel’s elections. It also purchased a full-page newspaper ad in the New York Times.
Many of the members who are part of the speech boycott have received support from J Street.
Nearly all the senators boycotting the speech—including Tim Kaine, Brian Schatz, Al Franken, Bernie Sanders, Martin Heinrich, and Sheldon Whitehouse—have received endorsements from J Street. A large number of House members who are part of the boycott are J Street-endorsed as well.
The Anti-Defamation League has called J Street’s fight against Netanyahu’s speech “inflammatory and repugnant.”
A full list of congressmen not attending the speech can be found below.
ALL of it here:
The Shame of the Democrats Washington Free Beacon