{"id":799122,"date":"2021-09-21T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=799122"},"modified":"2021-09-21T16:15:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T20:15:11","slug":"rep-mccarthy-dems-capitulate-to-the-antisemitic-influence-of-their-radical-members-by-trying-to-pull-funding-for-iron-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccarthy-dems-capitulate-to-the-antisemitic-influence-of-their-radical-members-by-trying-to-pull-funding-for-iron-dome\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. McCarthy: \u2018Dems Capitulate To The Antisemitic Influence Of Their Radical Members\u2019 By Trying To Pull Funding For Iron Dome"},"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\">40<\/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%2Frep-mccarthy-dems-capitulate-to-the-antisemitic-influence-of-their-radical-members-by-trying-to-pull-funding-for-iron-dome%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=799122&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><\/div>\n<p>Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that Democrats are being influenced by their \u201cradical\u201d and \u201cantisemitic\u201d members because they pulled funding from Israel\u2019s Iron Dome defense system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats just pulled funding from the Iron Dome \u2014 the missile defense system that has saved countless lives in Israel from Hamas\u2019 rocket attacks,\u201d McCarthy tweeted Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasized Republicans\u2019 support for Israel. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/24\/democrats-house-of-representatives-joe-biden-budget-infrastructure-stalemate-nancy-pelosi-moderates-congress\/\">(RELATED: Democrats Advance $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint, Breaking Hours-Long Stalemate Between Pelosi, Moderates)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Dems capitulate to the antisemitic influence of their radical members, Republicans will always stand with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.295180722892\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING \u2192 Democrats just pulled funding from the Iron Dome\u2014the missile defense system that has saved countless lives in Israel from Hamas\u2019 rocket attacks.<\/p>\n<p>While Dems capitulate to the antisemitic influence of their radical members, Republicans will always stand with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1440370856094429184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Progressive Democrats pushed back against a government <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/21\/democrats-unveil-government-funding-debt-ceiling-bill-gop-oppose\/\">funding package<\/a> because it provided funding for the Iron Dome, a defense system designed to intercept and destroy rockets. In response to the pushback, Democratic leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/21\/democrats-scrap-1-billion-israeli-defense-funding-bill-doomed-iron-dome\/\">pulled $1 billion<\/a> in funding for the Iron Dome from the bill on Tuesday, minutes before a procedural vote was set to take place, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/21\/democrats-funding-shutdown-debt-limit-513407\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An Appropriations Committee spokesperson told the outlet that funding for the Iron Dome would instead be included in the annual defense bill.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats who objected to funding the Iron Dome included those who were against a $750 million arms sale to Israel in May, during the height of the conflict between Israel and Palestine, two people familiar with the matter told Politico. Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Mark Pocan, and Bernie Sanders are a few of the Democrats who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/bernie-sanders-joins-ocasio-cortez-tlaib-block-735-million-arms-sale-israel\/\">opposed<\/a> the arms sale.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans plan to reject the funding package, which is expected to pass in the House and fail in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that Democrats are being influenced by their \u201cradical\u201d and \u201cantisemitic\u201d members because they pulled funding from Israel\u2019s Iron Dome defense system.\u201cDemocrats just pulled &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799122","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=799122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}