{"id":980949,"date":"2021-11-07T13:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T18:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=980949"},"modified":"2021-11-07T13:13:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T18:13:55","slug":"sen-rick-scott-expect-anti-bds-laws-if-republicans-retake-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rick-scott-expect-anti-bds-laws-if-republicans-retake-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Rick Scott: Expect Anti-BDS Laws If Republicans Retake Congress"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsen-rick-scott-expect-anti-bds-laws-if-republicans-retake-congress%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=980949&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 class=\"subheading\">Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has pledged if the Republicans gain control of Congress next year, anti-boycott laws against Israel could pass on the federal level.<\/p>\n<p>The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement encourages antisemitism as well as Palestinian terrorism. Dozens of states have passed laws divestment from companies that boycott Israel. However, the&nbsp;buck has stopped at the federal level, over objections from Democrats who claim that it infringes on free speech rights.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Scott told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/gop-senator-flipping-house-and-senate-will-let-republicans-pass-anti-bds-laws\/\">the <em>Times of Israel<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;at a Republican Jewish Coalition conference, \u201cI think what\u2019ll happen is we\u2019ll finally get BDS legislation passed out of both the House and Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Scott, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and fellow Democrat, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, have nixed any attempts to pass anti-BDS legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi, he said, \u201chas been talking about this for nine years and hasn\u2019t done anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Scott admitted that it wasn\u2019t clear&nbsp;whether President Joe Biden would actually sign any such legislation, even if the GOP did manage to get it through Congress after the 2022 midterm, the report said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18641042\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-465166408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18641042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-465166408-1024x780-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"754\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>An anti-Israel protester holds a sign during a demonstration near Capitol Hill. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Florida senator&nbsp;also claimed that GOP control of Congress would cement legislation calling for funding for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system, preventing a repeat of what occurred in September when the so-called Squad of progressive Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2021\/09\/24\/after-squad-move-congress-introduces-new-bill-for-1bn-in-iron-dome-funding\/\">managed to postpone<\/a> a vote on the bill.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech at the RJC, Scott denounced the Democratic Party of \u201cnot car[ing] about Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just the Squad. It\u2019s not just Bernie Sanders. It\u2019s all of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what we ought to be talking about is Republicans are united. We support Israel,\u201d he told the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) also spoke at the event, and claimed \u201cthe safety and security of Israel has been profoundly jeopardized under the Biden-Harris administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Cruz, Biden\u2019s policy of resuming ties with the Palestinian Authority as well as his plan to return to the tattered nuclear deal with Iran are undoing all the progress the Trump administration made in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not be funding an organization that funnels vast amounts of money to terrorists as bounty for murdering Israelis and Americans,\u201d he said, referring to the Ramallah government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has pledged if the Republicans gain control of Congress next year, anti-boycott laws against Israel could pass on the federal level. 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