{"id":1974496,"date":"2023-07-16T14:14:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T18:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmakers-boycott-of-israeli-presidents-address-to-congress-antisemitic-mccarthy-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T18:16:24","slug":"democrat-lawmakers-boycott-of-israeli-presidents-address-to-congress-antisemitic-mccarthy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmakers-boycott-of-israeli-presidents-address-to-congress-antisemitic-mccarthy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat lawmakers&#8217; Congress boycott labeled anti-Semitic by McCarthy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-lawmakers-boycott-of-israeli-presidents-address-to-congress-antisemitic-mccarthy-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n \u2064 <\/p>\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\"\u200d data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0714\/29f96416-cd22-4a62-b5b4-ebdf829da816\/audio.mp3?length=3962925&#038;duration=330\"><\/div>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<h2>House Democrats \u2062Divided\u200d Over\u2064 Boycott\u2063 of \u2064Israeli President&#8217;s \u200bSpeech<\/h2>\n<p>House Democrat \u200band GOP leadership\u2062 diverged on July\u200c 14\u2064 on progressive\u2063 Democrats \u200cwho have \u2064said they\u200d will boycott Israeli president Isaac Herzog\u2019s speech\u2062 next\u2062 week before a joint\u2062 session of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Jamal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Alexandria \u2062Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Ilhan\u200d Omar (D-Minn.) have confirmed \u2063they will not attend Mr. \u200dHerzog\u2019s\u200c address on July \u200c19.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>House\u2064 Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized \u200dthose skipping\u200b the speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate,\u201d\u200c he told The Epoch \u200dTimes. \u201cI think antisemitism \u2064shouldn\u2019t be\u200b anywhere and especially \u200dshouldn\u2019t \u200cbe inside Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. McCarthy added that boycotting the address \u2062is \u200cantisemitic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, House minority leader \u2064Hakeem\u200d Jeffries\u2063 (D-N.Y.) appeared to give a pass to \u2062those \u200cwho are \u200cdeclining to\u200c attend the speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers make individual \u200cdecisions, but I can tell you\u2062 that I expect\u2062 there \u2063will be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmakers-boycott-of-israeli-presidents-address-to-congress-antisemitic-mccarthy\/\" title=\"McCarthy deems Democrat lawmakers' Congress boycott \"antisemitic\".\">incredibly robust turnout<\/a> and participation among \u2064House Democrats\u200d on \u2063Wednesday,\u201d he told \u2064The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>On the\u200d other \u200chand, House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) \u2062gave \u2062a simple condemnation.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, \u200dI think\u2064 their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patagonia-donates-1-million-to-defending-democracy-dana-loesch-fires-back-patagonia-has-13-factories-in-china\/\" title=\"Patagonia Donates  Million To \u2018Defending Democracy,\u2019 Dana Loesch Fires Back. \u2018Patagonia Has 13 Factories In China\u2019\">actions speak<\/a>\u2062 for \u200bthemselves, and\u200d so I\u2019ll \u200djust\u2063 let you leave you\u2064 with that,\u201d he told \u2062The \u2062Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<p>When \u2064asked \u200cby The Epoch\u2062 Times on July 13 \u2062if\u2062 he\u2019ll be\u2063 at\u2062 the July 19 address, Rep.\u2063 Bowman said,\u200d \u201cNo. \u200bI don\u2019t\u200c think \u2063Israel has gone far\u200d enough in \u200dprotecting \u2062and\u200b uplifting\u2063 Palestinian \u2063rights\u2064 and\u200d Palestinian\u2062 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200b \u200c <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe violence there\u2019s been\u200b escalating over the last \u2063couple of years,\u201d \u200dhe said, adding that Palestinians are under \u201coccupation,\u201d even though many live are under the\u2064 jurisdiction of\u200b the Palestinian Authority, \u2062not\u2063 Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bowman\u200d noted\u200c he has\u200b \u201cbeen calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-3k-unaccompanied-alien-children-being-held-in-dhs-custody\/\" title=\"More than 3K unaccompanied alien children being held in DHS custody\">full citizenship<\/a> for the Palestinians\u201d in Israel and that there needs to be a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-expects-ties-visit-by-morocco-to-israel-next-week\/\" title=\"Netanyahu expects ties visit by Morocco to Israel next week\">-state solution<\/a> to the Israeli-Palestinian \u2063conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019re nowhere \u200cnear that,\u201d \u2063the New York congressman said,\u2062 referring to \u200dthe\u2062 prospects for a two-state \u2064solution.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Pro-Israel groups slammed Mr. Bowman for \u2062announcing he\u2019ll pass on \u200dattending\u200d Mr. Herzog\u2019s\u200d speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJ Street is aligned with the anti-Israel fringe. J\u200c Street\u2019s \u2018champion\u2019 @JamaalBowmanNY is boycotting the Israeli president\u2019s speech to Congress. \u2064Undermining\u2063 Democratic\u2063 support \u200dfor Israel \u2026 @jstreetdotorg is many things,\u2064 but it\u2019s \u2062not pro-Israel,\u201d\u200b posted the American Israel \u2064Public\u2063 Affairs Committee on\u2063 Twitter.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>J \u200dStreet,\u200d a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmakers-boycott-of-israeli-presidents-address-to-congress-antisemitic-mccarthy-2\/\" title=\"Democrat lawmakers' Congress boycott labeled anti-Semitic by McCarthy.\">progressive organization \u2063highly critical<\/a> of Israel, did not respond to a request for\u200d comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFar-left radical Democrat\u2063 @JamaalBowmanNY will boycott Israeli President\u200b Isaac Herzog\u2019s \u200dspeech to Congress, joining antisemite @IlhanMN,\u201d \u200cthe Republican Jewish Coalition\u200d (RJC) said \u200din a tweet.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember when \u200b@USJewishDems\u2063 congratulated Bowman and said they were \u2018confident he is committed to the priorities of Jewish voters\u2019? We do,\u201d continued the RJC,\u200d referring to the Jewish \u200cDemocratic\u200c Council \u2062of America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrat and GOP leaders disagreed on July 14 over progressive Democrats boycotting Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s upcoming speech to Congress. Reps. Bowman, Ocasio-Cortez, and Omar have confirmed their absence from Mr. Herzog&#8217;s address on July 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":1974497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}