{"id":2199231,"date":"2024-03-14T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T19:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-rebukes-schumer-over-israel-remarks-grotesque-and-hypocritical\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T19:51:41","slug":"mcconnell-rebukes-schumer-over-israel-remarks-grotesque-and-hypocritical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-rebukes-schumer-over-israel-remarks-grotesque-and-hypocritical\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Slams Schumer&#8217;s Israel Comments as &#8216;Disturbing and Hypocritical"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fmcconnell-rebukes-schumer-over-israel-remarks-grotesque-and-hypocritical%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=2199231&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--><h2>A Sharp Rebuke from McConnell \u2063to Schumer on Israel<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch\u2064 McConnell (R-KY) didn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-hammers-trump-in-sunday-morning-interviews\/\" title=\"Chris Christie slams Trump in Sunday interviews.\">mince \u200dwords<\/a> as he <strong>criticized Majority Leader Schumer<\/strong> (D-NY) for his remarks\u200b about Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-deploys-heavily-armed-forces-on-streets-of-moscow-after-wagner-boss-vows-war\/\" title=\"Russia sends heavily armed forces to Moscow streets following Wagner boss' declaration of war.\">amidst escalating tensions<\/a>\u2063 following a Hamas attack.<\/p>\n<h3>McConnell Speaks \u200dUp for a Sovereign Ally<\/h3>\n<p>During a\u200c potent address on the Senate floor, McConnell expressed dismay at Schumer\u2019s suggestion for Israel to \u200bconduct new elections and criticized his take on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s\u200b leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. McConnell: &#8220;It is grotesque and hypocritical\u2062 for\u2063 Americans \u200bwho hyperventilate about foreign interference\u200c in our \u200bown democracy to call for the \u2062removal of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-suggests-stripping-catholic-church-of-tax-exempt-status-if-biden-denied-communion\/\" title=\"House Democrat Suggests Stripping Catholic Church Of Tax-Exempt Status If Biden Denied Communion\">democratically elected leader<\/a>\u200b of Israel. This\u200d is unprecedented. We\u2064 should not treat fellow democracies this way \u2063at all.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6xOd1a9Ey\">pic.twitter.com\/K6xOd1a9Ey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1768299378760905204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The Jewish state of Israel \u2062deserves an ally that stands\u2062 with them<\/strong>, not against them,&#8221; McConnell declared,\u2062 emphasizing America&#8217;s unwavering support for Israel&#8217;s\u200c democracy and unity government.<\/p>\n<h3>Identifying the Real &#8216;Obstacles to Peace&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Countering \u200dearlier statements from \u200cSchumer, McConnell\u200c identified <strong>Hamas and certain factions within the Palestinian Authority<\/strong> \u200d as the primary\u2064 barriers to lasting peace in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese genocidal terrorists, \u2064not Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">elected officials<\/a>, \u200dpose the real threat. Blurring these \u200dcritical distinctions is unfair and \u2062unhelpful,\u201d \u2062McConnell stated.<\/p>\n<p>He challenged international pundits, including American politicians, to\u200d exercise restraint, warning against meddling\u200b in the affairs of a democratic\u200b ally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Foreign interference has no place in the democratic process of another \u200bcountry,<\/strong> especially one as close\u200d an ally as Israel,&#8221; he\u2063 emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just about one leader&#8217;s \u200cpolicies; it\u2019s about \u2064Israel&#8217;s\u200c right to govern itself without external pressures,\u201d McConnell added, taking a dig\u200b at what he perceives as a broader anti-Israel sentiment within the\u2064 Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer&#8217;s \u2063previous comments included casting Netanyahu, Hamas, certain Palestinian populations, right-wing Israelis, and \u200bPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud \u2063Abbas as &#8216;obstacles to \u200bpeace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>Defending Democracy and \u2063National Sovereignty<\/h3>\n<p>McConnell&#8217;s closing remarks were a staunch defense \u200dof democratic integrity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-would-be-an-irreparable-disaster-if-joe-biden-were-designated-president-of-the-united-states-archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano-warns-believers-in-latest-interview\/\" title=\"\u201cIt Would Be an Irreparable Disaster if Joe Biden \u2013 Were Designated President of the United States\u201d \u2013 Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano Warns Believers in Latest Interview with Steve Bannon\">national sovereignty<\/a>, highlighting the right of Israeli citizens \u2063alone to determine their governance.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that\u2062 international respect for\u200d Israeli \u2063elections\u2064 is \u200dfundamental to \u2064honoring the sovereignty and democratic principles of an ally.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell posed a thought-provoking\u200b conclusion: &#8220;<strong>To respect an ally\u2019s decisions is to respect its democracy.<\/strong> We must choose to either stand with Israel in \u200cits quest for peace or\u200c undermine the \u200cvery democracy\u200d we claim to \u2063support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE \u200dDAILYWIRE+ \u200cAPP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fiercely countered Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s critique of Israel&#8217;s actions against Hamas, labeling them as wholly inappropriate amid the recent conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2199232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2071892830-scaled-e1710443209771.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2071892830-scaled-e1710443209771.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199231","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}