Biden Takes Israel Hostage

There was another disappointing vote in the House yesterday. It was a vote that would uphold our military partnership and alliance with Israel in its war against Hamas.

But it was fast-tracked to the floor and needed a two-thirds vote to pass. Sadly, it fell short on 250 to 180 vote. Only 46 House Democrats voted to support Israel, while 166 Democrats voted against the bill.

The vote was doomed to fail because Joe Biden threatened to veto that standalone Israel aid bill if it passed. That gave progressives cover to label the vote a charade.

And that brings me to an important note.

Much of the dysfunction we are seeing in Congress is because the leftists who run the White House and the Senate are insisting that aid for Ukraine, aid for Israel and a bad border compromise all be wrapped up in the same piece of legislation.

There is no logical reason to do that.

The only reason they are doing this is to make it as hard as possible for voters to reward the politicians who are doing what the voters want and to vote out the politicians who are doing things they don’t want.

So, they put multiple issues in one bill. If you’re in a district that is not happy with the border provisions, you can tell voters, “I didn’t like that either. But I know how pro-Israel you are, and the only way we could get help to Israel is to vote for this imperfect border bill.”

If you’re in a left-wing district, you can tell people, “I was disappointed that Congress gave more money to the Zionists. But this was the only way we could stop the racist conservatives from closing the border.”

It’s a shell game and a perfect example of why Americans are so cynical about politics.