‘Grotesque and Hypocritical’: McConnell Tears Into Schumer For Calling For Netanyahu’s Ouster In Israel

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) unleashed on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday after the top Democrat called for new elections in Israel to oust “obstacle to peace” Benjamin Netanyahu.

McConnell spoke shortly after Schumer on the Senate floor and said, “The Jewish state of Israel deserves an ally that acts like one. People of Israel, at home and in captivity deserve America’s support, and Israel’s unity government and security cabinet deserve the deference befitting a sovereign, democratic country.”

“The primary obstacles to peace in Israel’s region are genocidal terrorists like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad who slaughter innocent people, and corrupt leaders of the Palestinian Authority who have repeatedly, repeatedly rejected peace deals from multiple Israeli governments,” McConnell continued, adding:

And foreign observers who cannot keep these clear distinctions ought to refrain from weighing in. It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel. This is unprecedented. We should not treat fellow democracies this way at all. Things that upset left wing activists are not the prime minister’s policies. There is Israel’s policies.

Make no mistake, the Democratic Party doesn’t have an anti-Bibi problem. It has an anti-Israel problem. Israel is not a colony of America whose leaders serve at the pleasure of the party in power in Washington. Only Israel’s citizens should have a say in who runs their government. This is the very definition of democracy and sovereignty. Either we respect their decisions or we disrespect their democracy.

Watch the clip above via C-SPAN.