Progressive Democrats Succeed in Removing $1 Billion Iron Dome Funding From Bill

[TiberiusB]

100. It didn't derail it, that's the point

It's already being worked into another bill. It's obviously going to get passed. I don't think it's a smart diversion from more pressing issues like voting rights or the reconciliation bill.

As for the rest, here are some choice quotes from this thread:

"People who hate Israel will always make things up to justify attacking it."

"Dead Jews Good to anti-Semites even those who are ostensibly progressives. Even a system that prevents Jewish deaths at a cost of no terrorists killed is a Bad Thing to those who wish to see Israel vanish."

Here's one you may recognize...

"It's as if they wanted to leave Israeli civilians defenseless against cross-border terrorist attacks."

followed by...

"Best be careful. Some things are not supposed to be spoken out loud."

AOC and the other progressives members of the House have been very clear that their opposition to military funding for Israel is tied entirely to it's policies in Gaza and the West Bank. Google it. It's absurdly easy to find. Here's an example:

https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-israel-palestine-aid-annexation-1515118

I hardly plucked that out of thin air. As for the anti-semitism claims, again, it takes no effort to find examples of such accusations either on the Web or here on DU. I'm not just referring to this thread. It's the standard GOP line of attack and disregards any concerns over Israel's actions. DU has a contingent that regularly spring into action at every opportunity to attack the progressive wing of the Democratic party. This same group can be counted upon to exclaim that it's DU policy not to speak ill of Democrats when it's some other member of the House or Senate, but if it's a progressive, and especially Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, they rush to try and tear her down without much of any attempt to understand her positions.