{"id":2242884,"date":"2024-05-12T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-slams-bernie-sanders-call-for-total-cut-in-us-aid-to-israel-irresponsible-statement\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T12:57:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T16:57:01","slug":"lindsey-graham-slams-bernie-sanders-call-for-total-cut-in-us-aid-to-israel-irresponsible-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-slams-bernie-sanders-call-for-total-cut-in-us-aid-to-israel-irresponsible-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham criticizes Bernie Sanders for proposing a complete cut in US aid to Israel as an &#8216;irresponsible statement"},"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\">38<\/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%2Flindsey-graham-slams-bernie-sanders-call-for-total-cut-in-us-aid-to-israel-irresponsible-statement%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=2242884&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--><p>Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina criticized Senator Bernie Sanders \u2063from Vermont for advocating the complete termination of U.S. military aid to Israel during \u2063the conflict with Hamas. Sanders, appearing on NBC News&#8217;s Meet the Press, argued that Israel\u2063 should not receive any U.S. military aid,\u200b citing violations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">international law<\/a>. Graham condemned Sanders&#8217;s remarks as dangerous \u200dand irresponsible, emphasizing the\u200d threats faced by Israel from hostile forces like Hezbollah and Iran. He vowed\u2062 to oppose such actions alongside \u200dfellow Republicans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lindsey Graham\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC) slammed Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lindsey Graham\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) over his calls to fully cut U.S. military aid to Israel amid their war against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders appeared on NBC News\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Meet-the-Press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Meet the Press<\/a><\/em>  just before Graham and declared that \u201cIsrael should not be receiving the nickel in U.S. military aid,\u201d accusing the Jewish State of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-chief-complains-to-taliban-about-treatment-of-women-critics-blast-fing-idiot-they-just-laugh-in-your-face\/\" title=\"UN Chief Complains To Taliban About Treatment Of Women. Critics Blast, \u2018F***ing Idiot \u2026 They Just Laugh In Your Face\u2019\">violating international law<\/a> in its war against Hamas terrorists. After the Vermont senator\u2019s segment, Graham denounced Sanders\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Sen. Sanders said \u2014 \u2018not another nickel on military aid [from] the United States\u2019 \u2014 is the most dangerous, irresponsible statement in the history of the U.S. relationship. This is not Vietnam. Israel isn\u2019t a fight for their lives. Hamas says they will do it again and again and again. They\u2019re dedicated to the destruction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Jewish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jewish<\/a> state, not helping the Palestinian people,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran, the great Satan, vows to destroy Israel, so does Hezbollah. Israel is surrounded by forces, terrorist groups, that want to destroy the Jewish state, not help the Palestinians. There, this is 9\/11 and Pearl Harbor all rolled into one. To abandon Israel under these circumstances would be outrageous, it would be dangerous, and Republicans are going to fight back against Bernie Sanders and the \u2018squad,&#8217;\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Graham, who has been an adamant ally of Israel, expressed his continued support for the Jewish State, saying that the U.S. \u201cshould be all in\u201d on supporting the country \u201cagainst an existential threat.\u201d He also added that Israel should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-slams-bernie-sanders-call-for-total-cut-in-u-s-aid-to-israel-irresponsible-statement\/\" title=\"Lindsey Graham criticizes Bernie Sanders' call to completely cut U.S. aid to Israel as an 'irresponsible statement.\">limit civilian causalities<\/a>, but defended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> by saying they have safeguards in place but that Hamas uses civilians as human shields.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/South-Carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>South Carolina<\/a> Republican also added that he talked with Israeli officials on Sunday and that officials from both countries are discussing \u201ca way forward\u201d from current disagreements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am somewhat hopeful we can jump over this impasse, but do not let Bernie Sanders run this war. Bernie Sanders and the \u2018squad\u2019 are insane when it comes to how to defend Israel,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just said on national television, cut off every nickel of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>military<\/a> aid to the Jewish state who\u2019s being threatened with oblivion. Shut these people down. This decision was political. He\u2019s trying to appease the radical left, Biden is,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sanders\u2019s call goes further than President Joe Biden\u2019s current policy, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2997099\/biden-no-weapons-israel-rafah-cnn-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"limiting\">limiting<\/a> some weapons so as not to assist in an operation in Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began just over seven months ago when Hamas terrorists committed multiple attacks against mostly Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for advocating a complete cessation of U.S. military aid to Israel during the conflict with Hamas. Sanders, on NBC News\u2019s Meet the Press, stated that &#8220;Israel should not be receiving a nickel in U.S. military aid,&#8221; alleging misconduct by the Jewish State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2242885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-12-May-2024-11-17-AM-3538.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-12-May-2024-11-17-AM-3538.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242884","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}