Mike Johnson Rips ‘Anti-Israel’ Biden For ‘Placating the Anti-Semitism In His Base’
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) accused President Joe Biden of “placating the anti-Semitism in his base” in remarks on Wednesday, characterizing the commander-in-chief as “anti-Israel.”
“Democrats are weak on Israel as well and it’s their support for Israel, it’s rather stunning to us that there’s this dramatic shift. Hamas is holding more than 130 hostages, as you know, including Americans and these people are languishing at the hands of barbaric terrorists and Joe Biden is meanwhile giving ultimatums to Israel, not Hamas,” began Johnson.
He continued:
And shamefully since October 7, Joe Biden has transformed into a anti-Israel president. There’s really no other way to characterize it. He’s more concerned, seemingly, with placating the anti-Semitism in his base than standing with our historic and vitally important ally. And it’s not just the White House, no one has forgotten, of course, that Chuck Schumer did the unthinkable by opining on and meddling in Israel’s elected leadership. I mean, it’s just, these are unthinkable developments. And it’s shocking to us, but it continues. Just days ago, over 50 House Democrats called for Biden to withhold the arms transfers to Israel. It’s wrong and it’s dangerous, and it shows the Democrats are losing their moral clarity.
👀 House Speaker Mike Johnson moments ago:
“Shamefully, since October 7, Joe Biden has transformed into an anti-Israel president.
“He is more concerned, seemingly, with placating the antisemitism in his base than standing with our historic and vitally important ally.” pic.twitter.com/TUzv17Lc3t
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) April 10, 2024
Biden has called on Israel “to just call for a ceasefire” and “allow for the next 6-8 weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country.” Notably, Hamas has repeatedly rejected offers for a ceasefire from the Israeli government.
Earlier this year, more than 100,000 voters turned out to vote against Biden in Michigan’s Democratic primary, signaling trouble for the incumbent president in the battleground state ahead of November’s general election.
