• blazera@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Accepting money does not make a politician beholden to the donator.

    Good lord how low the bar has become. Trying to argue that bribes are fine and dont influence anyone. Bribes from a foreign country engaged in genocide.

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      6 months ago

      I’m saying if they pay for favor, then commit atrocities, the deal’s off. Listen to Shumer’s speech. Does that sound like a guy that was bought with $1.7M?

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        6 months ago

        Schumer was one of the people who invited Netanyahu to directly and publicly provide his employees with their marching orders.

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          Reported as misinformation. Please Google before hitting the report button.

          https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-war-gaza-congress-596b0adf6ed8f71ccaaecccec8b9d341

          “The invitation from House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, along with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, has been in the works for some time. No date for the speech was set.”

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            The article you linked to indicates that Schumer’s invite to Netanyahu came after it was clear that Netanyahu was committing genocide:

            Johnson first suggested inviting the Israeli leader, saying it would be “a great honor of mine” to invite him. That came soon after Schumer, who is the highest ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S., had delivered a stinging rebuke of Netanyahu. Schumer said in the speech that Netanyahu had “lost his way” amid the Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza.

            Even so, Schumer had said he would join in the invitation because “our relationship with Israel is ironclad and transcends any one prime minister or president.”

            Schumer invited Netanyahu AFTER the genocide commenced. I’m confident that my comment was not misinformation.

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          6 months ago

          provide his employees with their marching orders.

          Care to provide evidence of this??

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            6 months ago

            That congress does whatever Netanyahu wants? They overwhelmingly voted against conditioning aid to Israel while Netanyahu was obviously committing a genocide.

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              6 months ago

              So… no proof then. Admit you’re here with misinformation, and we can move on.

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                6 months ago

                I offered my rationale for my statement. Which was a formality since you intended to dismiss in bad faith anything I said.

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                    6 months ago

                    Oh no. You baselessly declared victory after dismissing my comment in bad faith. How will I survive?