President Biden meant it when he said, “This is not about party or politics.”
On Tuesday, the White House condemned “repugnant” and.
President Biden meant it when he said, “This is not about party or politics.”
On Tuesday, the White House condemned “repugnant” and “disgraceful” comments from members of Congress equating the terrorist attack by Hamas with previous actions taken by Israel. Notably, this rebuttal applies to Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Cori Bush of Missouri.
“I’ve seen some of those statements this weekend,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told RealClearPolitics, “and we are going to continue to be very clear: We believe they are wrong.”
“Our condemnation belongs squarely with terrorists who have brutally murdered, raped, and kidnapped hundreds of Israelis. There can be no equivocation about that. There are not two sides here,” Jean-Pierre continued.
This was a continuation of a message the president stressed directly moments earlier in the East Room of the White House. Flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden said forcefully, “Like every nation in the world, Israel has the right to respond, indeed has a duty to respond, to these vicious attacks.”
Biden pledged U.S. support to Israel after the Hamas vicious surprise attack targeting civilians over the weekend. More than 1,000 Israelis are dead and as many as 150 people, most of them civilians, are being held hostage in Gaza, where Hamas has threatened to execute them publicly.
