{"id":572352,"date":"2021-06-23T21:07:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T01:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=572352"},"modified":"2021-06-23T21:07:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T01:07:13","slug":"meghan-mccain-presses-bernie-sanders-on-anti-israel-rhetoric-of-the-progressive-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-mccain-presses-bernie-sanders-on-anti-israel-rhetoric-of-the-progressive-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan McCain Presses Bernie Sanders On Anti-Israel Rhetoric Of The Progressive \u2018Squad\u2019"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmeghan-mccain-presses-bernie-sanders-on-anti-israel-rhetoric-of-the-progressive-squad%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=572352&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/0D402FF8-9673-4081-A6BF-9EF2DAE3B9A0_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meghan McCain called out Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during an episode of \u201cThe View\u201d over his relationship with controversial progressive members of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou are the Godfather of \u2018The Squad.\u2019 You\u2019re a hyper-progressive socialist, and you\u2019re talking about social justice before it was cool,\u201d McCain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/the-view-bernie-sanders-pushes-back-against-meghan-mccain\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>. \u201cBut it feels like the squad today has moved even to the Left of you. How is it for you to stand by everything AOC, Rashida Talib, and Ilhan Omar have said and done, particularly when it comes to Israel and talking about \u2018From the river to the sea\u2019 and the extermination of Israel, as a right to exist? Or do you think the movement, which you started, has moved away from what you envisioned?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sanders responded, \u201cWell Meghan, first of all, I don\u2019t believe that\u2019s what they\u2019re saying, and second of all, it\u2019s not my job to have to defend every member of Congress, any more than it is their job to defend every statement that I make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The senator went on to discuss his work on a budget, as well as efforts to rebuild infrastructure and create good jobs, citing policy initiatives that varied from taxes to child care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think the \u2026 progressives in the House are doing a very good job standing up for working families,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cIt\u2019s not my job to comment on everything that any member of the House says, any more [than] it is for them to comment on what I say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The members of the so-called \u201cSquad\u201d have faced increasing criticism over their rhetoric that many have called anti-Semitic regarding the state of Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sanders made the claim that McCain\u2019s comments weren\u2019t \u201cwhat [the progressive members of his party are] saying,\u201d but members of Congress such as Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) have made comments against Israel and publicly denounced its actions to defend itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tlaib recently gave a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives calling policies of the U.S. ally \u201capartheid\u201d and \u201cracist,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/eight-minutes-with-the-president-rep-rashida-tlaib-the-lone-palestinian-american-in-congress-gains-relevance-in-israel-debate\/2021\/05\/20\/fe3139c6-b8c5-11eb-bb84-6b92dedcd8ed_story.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has also spoken out against Israel in recent weeks, allegedly alluding to Israel and calling it an \u201capartheid state\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1393673695433043976\"><span class=\"s1\">tweet<\/span><\/a>, writing, \u201cApartheid states aren\u2019t democracies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8837209302326\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apartheid states aren\u2019t democracies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1393673695433043976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently received backlash when she seemed to compare Israel and the United States to terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a tweet, Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ilhan\/status\/1401985884191404041\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote<\/span><\/a>, \u201cWe must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"15.390532544379\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. <\/p>\n<p>We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban.  <\/p>\n<p>I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecBlinken<\/a> where people are supposed to go for justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tUtxW5cIow\">pic.twitter.com\/tUtxW5cIow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ilhan\/status\/1401985884191404041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The comment received criticism and a group of Democrats eventually pushed back against Omar\u2019s statements, leading the congresswoman to clarify her position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The group of Democrats wrote, \u201cEquating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is misguided,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-leading-democrats-thank-ilhan-omar-for-clarification-of-statements-equating-us-israel-with-hamas-taliban\"><span class=\"s1\">The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/a> \u201cIgnoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one\u2019s intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Omar put out a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicholaswu12\/status\/1403033886016294916\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"s1\">statement<\/span><\/a> that said, \u201cTo be clear: the conversation was about accountability for specific incidents regarding those ICC cases, not a moral comparison between Hamas and the Taliban and the U.S. and Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added, \u201cI was in no way equating terrorist organization with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-leading-democrats-thank-ilhan-omar-for-clarification-of-statements-equating-us-israel-with-hamas-taliban\"><span class=\"s1\">thanked<\/span><\/a> the congresswoman for the clarification, even though many felt that Omar had gone too far and her clarification was not enough.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan McCain called out Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during an episode of \u201cThe View\u201d over his relationship with controversial progressive members of the Democratic Party.\u201cYou are the Godfather of \u2018The &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281175,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/0D402FF8-9673-4081-A6BF-9EF2DAE3B9A0_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Meghan McCain Presses Bernie Sanders On Anti-Israel Rhetoric Of The Progressive \u2018Squad\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/0D402FF8-9673-4081-A6BF-9EF2DAE3B9A0_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Meghan McCain Presses Bernie Sanders On Anti-Israel Rhetoric Of The Progressive \u2018Squad\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572352","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}