Yesterday, Chuck Schumer took the Senate floor to deliver a ringing condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and of Israel’s conduct of its war against Hamas. Schumer’s speech represented a naked effort to interfere in Israeli politics by seeking to overturn that country’s government.
Today a reporter asked Joe Biden about Schumer’s speech. Biden endorsed it:
President Biden hailed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday for calling on Israel to have a “new election” as soon as possible, with Biden telling reporters the Brooklyn Democrat made a “good speech” — despite Jewish groups and Israeli leaders slamming Schumer’s comments.
“Senator Schumer contacted my staff, my senior staffer, that he was going to make that speech,” Biden said during an Oval Office meeting with Ireland Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
“I’m not going to elaborate on the speech,” added the president, 81. “He made a good speech, and I think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans.”
So Schumer’s attack on Israel was coordinated in advance with the White House. No surprise there, of course: the Democratic Party (or at least its leadership) is united in supporting Hamas’s strategic goals.
As I say, not surprising, but it is good to see Biden clarify the administration’s position.
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