Forty Democrats signed a letter expressing alarm over starvation in Gaza this week — but only 27 voted to withhold arms.

Roughly half of the Democratic caucus in the Senate voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vermont) resolutions to block the transfer of tens of thousands of bombs and assault rifles to Israel on Wednesday, signalling a small shift among lawmakers as Israel’s famine campaign in Gaza has reached new, catastrophic lows in recent days. On Wednesday evening, 24 senators voted for Sanders’s resolution…

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  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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    11 days ago

    I never said Reagan was more pro-Palestinian, tyvm, I said he was tougher on Israel, which he was.

    Biden paused a single weapon shipment, which he later unpaused, not all weapon shipments.

    And my comment was referring to the current Democrats in Congress, which this article is about, failing to even symbolically vote as a group to hold Israel accountable, not talking about Biden.

    But sure, go off.

    • PhilipTheBucket@quokk.auOPEnglish
      4·
      11 days ago

      And my comment was referring to the current Democrats in Congress, which this article is about, failing to even symbolically vote as a group to hold Israel accountable

      Oh. Yeah, that I’ll 100% agree with you on. They garbage, for the most part.