The Democratic Party managed to defeat a stunt from its most left-wing members, but its antisemitism problem isn’t going away any time soon.
Eight members of the Democratic Party were joined by just one Republican (isolationist Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky) in voting against funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system. Two other Democrats voted ‘present’ because apparently, neither was brave enough to stand by their colleagues as they pushed to block funding for a defensive system that protects civilians from terrorist rockets.
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