{"id":806662,"date":"2021-09-23T15:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T19:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=806662"},"modified":"2021-09-23T15:58:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T19:58:37","slug":"heres-the-1-republican-who-voted-against-funding-israels-iron-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-the-1-republican-who-voted-against-funding-israels-iron-dome\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s The 1 Republican Who Voted Against Funding Israel\u2019s 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\">22<\/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%2Fheres-the-1-republican-who-voted-against-funding-israels-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=806662&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>Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie joined with eight Democrats to vote against funding $1 billion in aid for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In a 420-9 vote, Massie joined with Democratic Reps. Andre Carson of Indiana, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Rep. Marie Newman of Illinois, Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rep. Chewy Garcia of Illinois, Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>The aid <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/iron-dome-funding-passes-house-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">restores the Iron Dome<\/a>, a defensive system engineered to intercept rockets fired toward the country.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/iron-dome-funding-passes-house-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Our Most Reliable Ally\u2019: Israel\u2019s Iron Dome Funding Sails Through The House)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7288743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7288743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) attend a news conference to discuss proposed legislation entitled Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act outside the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Top House Republicans, such as Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/21\/kevin-mccarthy-democrats-anti-semitism-iron-dome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slammed<\/a> Democrats for opposing the aid. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/21\/kevin-mccarthy-democrats-anti-semitism-iron-dome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Rep. McCarthy: \u2018Dems Capitulate To The Antisemitic Influence Of Their Radical Members\u2019 By Trying To Pull Funding For Iron Dome)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week, we witnessed Nancy Pelosi cave to the Anti-Semitic requests of her most radical members,\u201d Stefanik said in a statement. \u201cIt is unacceptable that House Democrats would be willing to deny funding for Israel\u2019s purely defensive system that saves innocent lives from Hamas terrorists\u2019 indiscriminate rocket attacks. While the Far-Left Squad would abandon our ally and align themselves with international terrorist organizations and the Iranian regime, I am proud stand with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats just pulled funding from the Iron Dome\u2014the missile defense system that has saved countless lives in Israel from Hamas\u2019 rocket attacks. While Dems capitulate to the antisemitic influence of their radical members, Republicans will always stand with Israel,\u201d McCarthy tweeted Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation now goes to&nbsp;the Senate, where it is expected to pass. President Joe Biden also supports the Iron Dome funding provision.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller contacted Massie\u2019s office about his vote, to which he said: \u201cMy position of \u2018no foreign aid\u2019 might sound extreme to some, but I think it\u2019s extreme to bankrupt our country and put future generations of Americans in hock to our creditors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie joined with eight Democrats to vote against funding $1 billion in aid for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system Thursday.In a 420-9 vote, Massie joined &#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-806662","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\/806662","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=806662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806662\/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=806662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}