For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
With less than two weeks to go before Christmas — and just over a month before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated to serve a second term in the White House — the news cycle is as jumbled as ever. Some of the focus remains overseas, as unrest continues to to rule the day in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad — but things at home are also quite literally &#8220;up in the air&#8221; as rumors swirl about mysterious drone sightings over states along the east coast.
After multiple reports of the strange aerial phenomena — many of which seem to be concentrated in northern New Jersey — local officials have admitted to being completely baffled and federal authorities have done little to dispel fears that all is not exactly what it seems.
During the week, the FBI <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-fbi-release-statement-about-drone-sightings-in-new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> alongside the Department of Homeland Security, claiming that the majority of the sightings had likely been manned aircraft operating in a lawful manner — and while they could not give a definitive answer on what the people were seeing, they were certain that the public was not at any risk.
On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted that some of the sightings were, in fact, drones — but again said that he did not believe anyone was in danger.
&#8220;There’s no question that drones are being sighted…There are thousands of drones flown every day in the United States — recreational drones, commercial drones,&#8221; Mayorkas said, apparently suggesting that the things people were seeing were not really anything out of the ordinary.
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“There’s no question that drones are being sighted…There are thousands of drones flown every day in the United States — recreational drones, commercial drones.&quot;
DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas responds to numerous aerial sightings reported across East Coast. <a href="https://t.co/VM1aZSe1W6">https://t.co/VM1aZSe1W6</a> <a href="https://t.co/7v5CSSjzbe">pic.twitter.com/7v5CSSjzbe</a>
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Mayorkas also responded to claims that the drones were potentially being sent or operated by foreign adversaries, saying that he did not have any information leading him to believe that. Mayorkas told ABC host George Stephanopoulos that he had heard of &#8220;no foreign involvement with respect to the sightings in the Northeast.&#8221;
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tells <a href="https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GStephanopoulos</a> that his agency knows “of no foreign involvement with respect to the sightings in the Northeast” of aerial drones. 
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But former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) also weighed in on the issue, and he pointed out the fact that the longer the American people went without any definitive answers, the more likely it was that conspiracy theories would run wild about what they could be seeing.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve lived in New Jersey my whole life,&#8221; the former governor explained. &#8220;This is the first time that I&#8217;ve noticed drones over my house.&#8221;
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“I’ve lived in New Jersey my whole life. This is the first time that I’ve noticed drones over my house.”
Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie warns that conspiracy theories will grow if the federal government does not address reported aerial sightings. <a href="https://t.co/MkRObTfDiQ">https://t.co/MkRObTfDiQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/e206NSI4Se">pic.twitter.com/e206NSI4Se</a>
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Many local officials don&#8217;t appear convinced but the explanations offered thus far, either:
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Sheriffs and other local officials in New Jersey are demanding more action from the federal government following a spate of drone sightings that has confused authorities and sparked alarm among residents. <a href="https://twitter.com/GioBenitez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GioBenitez</a> has the latest: <a href="https://t.co/yTqK0GprGa">https://t.co/yTqK0GprGa</a> <a href="https://t.co/ULsbf3Zx8U">pic.twitter.com/ULsbf3Zx8U</a>
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Rp. Michael Waltz (R-FL) joined CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; to discuss the issue as well, and he argued that the failure to address the situation showed the obvious gaps in the official capacity to handle such things.
&#8220;We need to get to the bottom of it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I think the Biden administration is working to do that.&#8221;
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Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@michaelgwaltz</a> says drones being spotted above some East Coast states demonstrate “gaps in our agencies, gaps in our authorities,” saying, &quot;We need to get to the bottom of it, and I think the Biden administration is working to do that.&quot;
But Waltz, President-elect Trump&#39;s… <a href="https://t.co/VUtPlqpAcj">pic.twitter.com/VUtPlqpAcj</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1868339235394400700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) also joined host Margaret Brennan on Sunday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; and she called for &#8220;more transparency&#8221; on the issue.
&#8220;This just can&#8217;t be, no one knows why this huge drone is over their house,&#8221; she said, promising to work with the incoming administration to get to the bottom of it.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) says senators &quot;need a briefing&quot; and &quot;more transparency&quot; on the mysterious drones seen over the East Coast, though she notes the Biden administration &quot;has repeatedly assured people that they are safe.&quot; She said she plans to work with the incoming… <a href="https://t.co/cAXsNuBuyJ">pic.twitter.com/cAXsNuBuyJ</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1868343536820617238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Klobuchar also took some time to discuss a slew of pardons and commutations issued by President Joe Biden as his presidency nears its end.
While Biden&#8217;s Thanksgiving weekend pardon for his embattled son Hunter Biden certainly raised the most eyebrows — on both sides of the political aisle — Klobuchar noted that just by sheer volume, Biden was testing the limits of what she found to be acceptable.
Klobuchar first said that she was among those who did not like the fact that Biden had pardoned his son — but then said she also worried about the some 1500 sentence commutations he issued in the past week.
She proposed an &#8220;outside board&#8221; to aid the president in selecting cases for pardons or sentence commutations &#8220;instead of people just doing it in the middle of the night, and people in the White House — this makes no sense to me.&#8221;
&#8220;This whole process cries out for reform, because otherwise you undermine the justice system,&#8221; she added.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) says she&#39;s not comfortable with some of President Biden&#39;s decisions when he commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people last week, and also &quot;didn&#39;t agree&quot; with Biden&#39;s pardon of his son, Hunter. 
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&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1868343326040023273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told NBC anchor Kristen Welker on &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; that Biden had set a &#8220;dangerous&#8221; precedent when he pardoned Hunter — and he urged the president to consider the possibility of preemptive pardons &#8220;very seriously.&#8221;
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BERNIE SANDERS: The pardon of Hunter Biden sets a dangerous precedent. 
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But on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; retiring Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said that despite having often been at odds with Trump himself, he was not overly concerned that the president-elect might use the Justice Department to attack those who had opposed him.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not particularly worried about criminal investigations,&#8221; he told anchor Jake Tapper. &#8220;I think President Trump is likely to try and focus on the future.&#8221;
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&quot;I&#39;m not particularly worried about criminal investigations.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorRomney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenatorRomney</a> shrugs off concerns he could face retribution from Trump, telling <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a>, &quot;I think President Trump is likely to try and focus on the future.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/wtExtxZ1kN">pic.twitter.com/wtExtxZ1kN</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1868296795446497514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio De Janeiro

Spin Cycle: Here Come The Drones … And The Pardons

Spin Cycle: Here Come The Drones ... And The Pardons

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Alejandro Mayorkas

Amy Klobuchar

Bernie Sanders

CBS News

Chris Christie

George Stephanopoulos

Jake Tapper

Media

Mike Waltz

Mitt Romney

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Politics

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) drew backlash online over remarks he made over the weekend about the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Sanders made the remarks during a Sunday NBC News interview with Kristen Welker on &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when asked about remarks from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who responded to the assassination by saying &#8220;you can only push people so far and then they start to take matters into their own hands.&#8221;
&#8220;Is this the right time in the wake of this horrific murder to be talking about health care policy?&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;Elizabeth Warren obviously understands killing and murder and shooting somebody in the back is totally unacceptable,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But what I think has happened in the last few months is that what you have seen rising up is people&#8217;s anger at a health insurance industry which denies people the health care that they desperately need while they make billions and billions of dollars in profit.&#8221;
&#8220;So, killing anybody, shooting somebody in the back who was the father of two, is outrageous. And it’s unacceptable. Nobody, nobody should applaud it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I know Senator Warren did not. But I think what we need to ask ourselves when we talk about health care, is why we are the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people, why we have a life expectancy which is significantly lower than in other countries, why working-class people die five to 10 years shorter than the people on top?&#8221;
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He said that he felt &#8220;very strongly about this&#8221; and that it was &#8220;long overdue for us to guarantee health care to every man, woman and child, especially at a time when we&#8217;re spending twice as much per capita on health care as the people of every other nation.&#8221;
&#8220;The goal of health care is not to make drug companies and insurance companies phenomenally rich, it is to guarantee quality care to all of our people,&#8221; he added.
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CRAZY BERNIE: &#8220;Shooting somebody in the back is totally unacceptable, but&#8230;..&#8221; 🥴 <a href="https://t.co/HlAUhqIVw6">pic.twitter.com/HlAUhqIVw6</a>
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1868302890491842705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
Republican strategist Matt Whitlock fired back on X: &#8220;The shooter had severe mental health issues — he was practically foaming at the mouth screaming at the courthouse.&#8221;
&#8220;That won’t stop Democrats from trying to use him to make a point,&#8221; he added.
Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., responded to the clip by highlighting the far-left extremist who shot up a congressional baseball practice in 2017.
&#8220;Remember that it was Bernie&#8217;s rhetoric that helped motivate the Congressional baseball shooter,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;He still has learned nothing.&#8221;
Republican strategist Steve Guest said that Sanders&#8217; remarks were part of a pattern of top Democrats &#8220;justifying murder.&#8221;
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ROLL THE TAPE: Leaders of the Democrat Party are justifying murder.
AOC: “This is not to say that an act of violence is justified, but&#8230;”
Elizabeth Warren: &#8220;You can only push people so far &amp; then they start to take matters into their own hands.&#8221;
Bernie Sanders: &#8220;Shooting… <a href="https://t.co/xy1cQnuk7n">pic.twitter.com/xy1cQnuk7n</a>
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1868350836868256071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Sanders Speaks On Reconciliation

Bernie Sanders: Insurance CEO Murdered Because Of ‘Anger’ At Company’s Profits

Brian Thompson

Murder

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said during an interview over the weekend that President Joe Biden set a &#8220;dangerous&#8221; precedent by pardoning his son.
Sanders made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; with Kristen Welker when asked about whether the administration should give blanket pardons to current officials so that they are immune from prosecution under the incoming Trump administration.
&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m a little bit nervous about it,&#8221; he said, adding that the White House &#8220;might want to consider&#8221; preemptive pardons &#8220;very seriously.&#8221;
Welker then asked Sanders about Biden&#8217;s lies to the American public that he would not pardon his son, convicted felon Hunter Biden.
&#8220;Senator, was it the right decision for the country to pardon Hunter Biden?&#8221; she asked.
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&#8220;When you have his opponents going after his family, as a father, as a parent, I think we can all understand Biden trying to protect his son and his family,&#8221; he said. &#8220;On the other hand, I think the precedent being set is kind of a dangerous one. It&#8217;s a very wide-open pardon which could under different circumstances lead to problems in terms of future presidents.&#8221;
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Bernie Sanders: Biden Set ‘Dangerous’ Precedent By Pardoning Son

Hunter Biden

Pardon

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-government-efficiency-doge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a> is making for some odd bedfellows.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has long railed against billionaires, vouched for Elon Musk — the world&#8217;s richest man and co-leader of DOGE — in the hopes of a defense spending crackdown.
&#8220;Elon Musk is right,&#8221; Sanders <a href="https://x.com/SenSanders/status/1863268770371772863" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
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Elon Musk is right.
The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions.
Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud.
That must change.
&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1863268770371772863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud.&#8221;
Sanders concluded: &#8220;That must change.&#8221;
The post garnered all sorts of buzz, including from Musk&#8217;s America PAC.
&#8220;Sensible spending is not a partisan issue,&#8221; the PAC <a href="https://x.com/america/status/1863275615878516848" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The general public supports [DOGE] holding government accountable to spend taxpayer money more wisely.&#8221;
President-elect Donald Trump picked Musk and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vivek-ramaswamy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vivek Ramaswamy</a> to head DOGE and come up with a plan to reform government and cut down on waste.
In a Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020?mod=hp_opin_pos_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> outlining DOGE&#8217;s aspirations, Musk and Ramaswamy mentioned how the Department of Defense had just <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4992913-pentagon-fails-7th-audit-in-a-row-but-says-progress-made/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed</a> its seventh audit in a row.
&#8220;The Pentagon recently failed its seventh consecutive audit, suggesting that the agency’s leadership has little idea how its annual budget of more than $800 billion is spent,&#8221; they wrote.
Further insight could be gleaned from their exchanges on X over the past couple of weeks.
In one post, Ramaswamy <a href="https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1859996110687019166" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;We need to strengthen our military by focusing on the *effectiveness* of our defense spending, rather than just reflexively increasing the magnitude.&#8221;
Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1859996677316510131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a> by saying that DOGE &#8220;will improve the efficiency of Defense spending.&#8221;
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Last week, Ramaswamy <a href="https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1861163071437242747" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: &#8220;Yes, it’s true that cutting bureaucracy will reduce the federal deficit, but the real win will be its pro-growth effect. The biggest cost of bureaucracy isn’t the headcount costs, it’s that bureaucrats find legally dubious &#8216;things to do&#8217; that stifle freedom &amp; depress our economy.&#8221;
&#8220;Exactly,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1861174504992694667" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>. &#8220;In a meeting with senior military officers today, they told me that it now takes longer to renovate stairs (24 months) in the Pentagon than it took to build the WHOLE Pentagon (16 months) in the 1940s!!&#8221;

‘Elon Musk Is Right’: Bernie Sanders Blesses At Least One DOGE-Planned Spending Cut

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

Elon Musk

Pentagon

U.S.

Vivek Ramaswamy

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said during an interview over the weekend that Democrats were blown out in last week&#8217;s elections because they abandoned the working class.
Sanders made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with host Dana Bash while discussing criticism he has faced from Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the former speaker of the House.
When asked if he stood by what he said, Sanders responded: &#8220;Oh, absolutely.&#8221;
&#8220;Look, Joe Biden is a friend of mine,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I have been proud to work with him on an agenda which has been very strongly in favor of the working class. Biden promised to be the most progressive president since FDR. In many ways, on domestic issues, I think he kept his word.&#8221;
&#8220;But here is the reality,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The working class of this country is angry, and they have a reason to be angry. We are living in an economy today, Dana, where the people on top are doing phenomenally well, while 60 percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck, 25 percent of elderly people are trying to get by on $15,000 a year or less.&#8221;
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CNN: “You said that ‘Democrats abandoned the working class.’ Do you stand by what you said?”
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— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href="https://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1855635970411925818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2024</a></blockquote>

Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman hold voting rally in New York

Bernie Sanders: Democrats ‘Absolutely’ Abandoned The Working Class

2024 Election

Democrats

Nancy Pelosi

Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) admitted over the weekend that Vice President Kamala Harris is flip flopping on major issues because she is trying to beat former President Donald Trump, not because she believes her new alleged stances.
Sanders made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; while discussing the state of the 2024 presidential election.
&#8220;In addition to the Green New Deal and Medicare-for-all single-payer for health care, and ending fracking, in addition to those being positions that you hold, Vice President Harris used to be with you on all three of them and now is against you on all three of them,&#8221; Tapper said.
&#8220;Is she making a mistake having reversed those positions?&#8221; he asked.
Sanders responded: &#8220;I think what we&#8217;re seeing is a coalition of people, more establishment Democrats and progressive Democrats and progressive independents — I&#8217;m the longest serving independent in American history — come together with the goal of defeating a very dangerous candidate. And that is Donald Trump.&#8221;
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Sanders made the remarks after Tapper played comments that Sanders has made on the campaign trail about what he believes needs to happen policy-wise in the U.S.
&#8220;I am proud to announce today that I am an original co- sponsor of the Green New Deal proposal,&#8221; Sanders said in the clip. &#8220;We need to move to a Medicare-for-all single-payer program. If we are serious about combating climate change, we need to put an end to fracking.&#8221;
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TAPPER: Kamala supported the Green New Deal, Medicare For All, and a ban on fracking. Is she making a mistake reversing those positions?
BERNIE: She&#8217;s trying to beat Donald Trump.
There you have it. Kamala hasn&#8217;t &#8220;changed&#8221; — she&#8217;s just trying to get elected. <a href="https://t.co/BfLonG9ga3">pic.twitter.com/BfLonG9ga3</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1847999785925591164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2024</a></blockquote>

Sen. Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders On Kamala Flip-Flopping On Major Issues: ‘Goal’ Is To ‘Defeat’ Trump

Donald Trump

Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris is pulling out all the stops as Election Day fast approaches, first turning to former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-says-dems-trotting-out-obama-to-campaign-for-kamala-is-a-desperation-move" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barack Obama</a>, and now enlisting socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders to stump for her.
Sanders, who advocates for what he calls &#8220;Democratic Socialism&#8221; and was apparently <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/bernie-sanders-asked-leave-hippie-commune/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kicked out of a hippie commune</a> for being too lazy, hit up Nevada and Wisconsin to promote Harris. Ironically, the VP is simultaneously trying to distance herself from her radical positions and present as a moderate this cycle.
Over the weekend, Sanders made <a href="https://www.fox21online.com/2024/10/12/sen-bernie-sanders-campaigns-for-harris-and-walz-in-superior/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two stops in Wisconsin</a> to promote the Harris-Walz ticket. The Vermont senator also recently hit up <a href="https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/among-some-bernie-sanders-supporters-in-nevada-harris-is-the-best-of-the-choices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nevada</a> to campaign for Harris, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/10/04/us-news/bernie-sanders-stumps-for-kamala-harris-in-las-vegas-without-telling-crowd-to-vote-for-her/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urging</a> progressives that it&#8217;s &#8220;imperative that we defeat Trump.&#8221;
Though Sanders is certainly far-Left, Harris in 2019 was <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/kamala_harris/412678/report-card/2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rated</a> even further Left than Sanders in the Senate. Harris, in fact, was voted the &#8220;most liberal&#8221; member of the Senate.
Notably, Harris co-sponsored Sanders&#8217; &#8220;Medicare for All&#8221; bill when she served in the Senate, and promoted the plan when she ran for president in 2020. The far-Left legislation would have cost taxpayers $32 trillion over ten years and effectively <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/harris-private-insurance-medicare/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eliminated private health insurance</a>.
“Let’s eliminate all of that. Let’s move on,” Harris told CNN host Jake Tapper of private health insurance during her 2020 run for the White House.
This election cycle, however, Harris&#8217; team told the press in August that the Democrat would not be pushing &#8220;Medicare for All&#8221; this go-around — one of the many Team Harris attempts to moderate the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yeah-i-am-radical-new-trump-ad-use-kamalas-own-words-against-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">self-styled radical</a> candidate.
During her time in politics, Harris has voiced support for the controversial Green New Deal, a total ban on fracking, gun confiscation, the elimination of private health insurance, taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants — including sex-changes, the radical “defund the police” movement, and other far-Left issues.
For example, Harris said during her 2020 run that there’s “no question” she’s “in favor of banning fracking.”
“And starting with what we can do on Day 1 around public lands,” she said. “This is something I’ve taken on in California. I have a history on this issue.”
The Veep also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-a-to-z-from-marxist-influences-to-willie-brown-to-radical-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> Australia’s strict gun ban and said she would implement gun confiscation for up to 10 million guns in the U.S. through a mandatory gun buy-back program.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-a-to-z-from-marxist-influences-to-willie-brown-to-radical-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala A To Z: From Marxist Influences, To Willie Brown, To Radical Policy</a>

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Socialist Bernie Sanders Stumps For Kamala In Election Home Stretch

Socialist Bernie Sanders Stumps For Kamala Harris In Election Home Stretch

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bernie-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bernie Sanders</a> (I-VT) argued on Sunday that Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> has not abandoned her progressive ideals, but rather is being &#8220;pragmatic&#8221; when she flip flips on certain policy issues while running her 2024 campaign for the White House against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
On NBC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/sen-bernie-sanders-says-he-still-considers-kamala-harris-progressive-full-interview-218847301701" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meet The Press,</a>&#8221; moderator Kristen Welker asked Sanders, &#8220;You have described Vice President Kamala Harris as a progressive. She has previously supported Medicare For All. Now, she does not. She&#8217;s previously supported a ban on fracking. Now, she does not. These, senator, are ideas that you have campaigned on. Do you think that she is abandoning her progressive ideals?&#8221;
&#8220;No, I don&#8217;t think she&#8217;s abandoning her ideals,&#8221; Sanders relied. &#8220;I think she&#8217;s trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election. My own view is slightly different. I think that in America today there are a lot of people, rural people, working class people, who no longer believe that the United States Congress and government represents their interests, too dominated by big-money interest.&#8221;
The comments were highlighted by Trump&#8217;s campaign, with the &#8220;War Room&#8221; account on X declaring in bold and all capital letters, &#8220;QUIET PART OUT LOUD.&#8221;
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🚨QUIET PART OUT LOUD🚨
Welker: &quot;Do you think Kamala is abandoning her progressive ideals?&quot;
Bernie: &quot;I think she is trying to be pragmatic and do what she thinks is right in order to win the election.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/qtwmgui7vd">pic.twitter.com/qtwmgui7vd</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1832777676811034816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Social media influencer Rogan O’Handley, better known as “DC Draino,” said the clip &#8220;needs to be everywhere.&#8221; He said that Sanders was &#8220;confirming that Kamala is doing whatever it takes to win the election,&#8221; and then &#8220;she’ll enact Marxist policies.&#8221; He concluded, &#8220;They’re openly telling us their plans.&#8221;
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This video needs to be everywhere
Bernie Sanders is confirming that Kamala is doing whatever it takes to win the election
Then she’ll enact Marxist policies
They’re openly telling us their plans
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&mdash; DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) <a href="https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1832785317318861077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Sanders, in continuing his response, went on to say, &#8220;I think that there is something wrong, personally, when we are the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all of our people, despite spending twice as much per capita. That is why I support Medicare For All. She does not,&#8221;
He added. &#8220;She has another approach toward moving toward universal health care. But again, I think on issues like expanding Medicare by expanding social security and lifting the cap on taxable income that the rich put in so we can raise Social Security benefits, the need to raise the minimum wage from a starvation $7.25 minimum wage to a living wage, I think if you campaign on those issues, raising taxes on billionaires, you know what? She&#8217;s going to win. And I think she could win big.&#8221;
In following up, Welker asked Sanders, &#8220;Well, let me just ask you, then, big picture. Do you still consider Vice President Kamala Harris to be progressive, senator?&#8221;
&#8220;I do,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;Look, she is not where I am. But I think, for example, when she talks about making the Child Tax Credit permanent, and you know we did that in the American Rescue Plan. We lowered childhood poverty by 40%. Kristen, we should not have, as the richest country on earth, one of the highest rates of childhood poverty in the world.&#8221;
&#8220;When she talks about building 3 million units of affordable housing, that&#8217;s a big deal because we have a major housing crisis in America,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;When she talks about passing the PEARL Act to make it easier for workers to join unions, that&#8217;s a big deal because we have to expand the union movement so that workers get decent wages. So yeah, her views are not mine, but I do consider her progressive.&#8221;

Bernie Sanders: Kamala Isn’t Abandoning Her Progressive Ideals, She’s Being ‘Pragmatic’ To Win The Election

Trump Campaign Responds, 'QUIET PART OUT LOUD'

At an event in early May titled “Debate: Israel’s War on Hamas is a Just War,” political commentator Briahna Joy Gray reacted to the harsh reception from the audience she got for her pro-Hamas arguments, reportedly <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/180924/dissident-dialogues-festival-anti-woke-grifters">saying,</a> “It’s disgusting. I hope someone drops a bomb on this entire building.”
Gray, cohost of The Hill&#8217;s Rising and former National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, shared the stage with moderator Konstantin Kisin and fellow panelists Michael Moynihan, Eli Lake, and Jake Klein.
During the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAsL8rKCbag">debate</a>, Gray insisted that the terrorist group Hamas, whose members have stated they intend to kill every Jew on the planet, has no interest in killing all the Jews in Israel, only wishing to establish a state “like what we have here in the United States.”
“When Hamas is talking about eliminating Israel, it’s not talking about killing all the Jews &#8230; it’s about eliminating the idea of a Jewish state, ending a Jewish state, ending an ethno-national state, having a state or like what we have in the United States of America,” Gray claimed.
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People are treating this as just stupidity, but her body of work suggests something far more sinister. 
There’s a reason I have repeatedly said she is the most hateful bigot with a mainstream media platform. Her dishonestly is intentional. <a href="https://t.co/enouJpKFq9">https://t.co/enouJpKFq9</a>
&mdash; AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1796919171806007428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Commentator Guy Benson responded, “&#8217;I hope someone drops a bomb on this entire building,’ the Hamas supporter said after getting intellectually crushed and morally outclassed by Zionists. Sounds about right.&#8221;
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“I hope someone drops a bomb on this entire building,” the Hamas supporter said after getting intellectually crushed and morally outclassed by Zionists. Sounds about right. <a href="https://t.co/UORMWSGZ3k">https://t.co/UORMWSGZ3k</a>
&mdash; Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1797833751688556729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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After video of the exchange in which Gray talked about “ending a Jewish state” was posted, Gray <a href="https://x.com/briebriejoy/status/1796948805666967633">slammed</a> Kisin on Twitter, saying he “interjected at every turn.” Brianna Wu, former candidate for the U.S. House in Massachusetts, reacted, “That moderator has a name, [Konstantin Kisin]. And he has a lot more integrity than you do.  Your ‘forceful argument’ is just whitewashing Hamas. You treat them like they’re the safety patrol and they’re bloodthirsty rapists whose literal charter is to genocide all Jews.”
Kisin then tweeted, “Oh, I don&#8217;t mind her jibe. She struggled on the night (stormed off crying, threw mic at the organisers after failing to answer a single question) and reading the comments on the video even pro-Palestine people were embarrassed by her behaviour. Leaving your echo chamber is painful.”
Kisin later added, “DEI Barbie is upset. Imagine participating in a debate about Israel and Palestine. Imagine answering literally zero of the questions you were asked. Imagine talking over everyone else and being disrespectful to fellow panellists and the moderator. Imagine storming off stage afterwards, screaming that everyone is racist, telling the moderator ‘I&#8217;m never doing this again’ and throwing the microphone at the debate organiser. Imagine then complaining online that your abject failure is the fault of the organisers, moderator and crowd.”
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Oh, I don&#39;t mind her jibe. She struggled on the night (stormed off crying, threw mic at the organisers after failing to answer a single question) and reading the comments on the video even pro-Palestine people were embarrassed by her behaviour.
Leaving your echo chamber is…
&mdash; Konstantin Kisin (@KonstantinKisin) <a href="https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin/status/1797026414681595997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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DEI Barbie is upset.
Imagine participating in a debate about Israel and Palestine.
Imagine answering literally zero of the questions you were asked.
Imagine talking over everyone else and being disrespectful to fellow panellists and the moderator.
Imagine storming off stage…
&mdash; Konstantin Kisin (@KonstantinKisin) <a href="https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin/status/1797375704977269006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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‘I Hope Someone Drops A Bomb On This Entire Building’: Hamas Defender Briahna Joy Gray Lashes Out After Hostile Reception

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A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the arson attack on Friday that damaged an office in Burlington, Vermont, belonging to Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bernie-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bernie Sanders</a> (I-VT), according to authorities.
Shant Soghomonian, who is also known as Michael Soghomonian and is previously of Northridge, California, was arrested on Sunday pursuant to a federal criminal complaint, the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Vermont <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/suspect-arrested-arson-burlington-office-senator-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release.
The complaint charged Soghomonian with using fire to damage the building at One Church Street in Burlington – a building used in interstate commerce and as a place of activity affecting interstate commerce, the release added.
On Friday morning, Soghomonian entered the building, proceeded to the third floor, where Sanders&#8217;s office is located, and was &#8220;recorded on a security video spraying a liquid near the outer door of the office and then lighting the area with a handheld lighter,&#8221; the release said, citing court documents.
&#8220;A blaze quickly began while Soghomonian departed via a staircase&#8221; and it &#8220;damaged the outside of the office door and surrounding areas, and the building sprinklers discharged on multiple floors,&#8221; the release continued.
&#8220;The Senator’s office was occupied by multiple employees who were not physically injured during the incident,&#8221; the release said. &#8220;It is not known how many other occupants were in the building, but no injuries were reported.&#8221;
The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Vermont said that Soghomonian faces a maximum penalty of not less than five years and not more than 20 years in prison, as well as a fine of up to $250,000 if convicted.
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An initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge had not yet been scheduled, and a counsel for the suspect had not yet been identified, the release noted.
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Seen this man around Burlington, Vermont? Police are asking for assistance in identifying this suspect in connection to a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders&#39; office. A motive is unclear. <a href="https://t.co/RALcX8TpjQ">pic.twitter.com/RALcX8TpjQ</a>
&mdash; Madeleine Hubbard (@MadeleineHubb) <a href="https://twitter.com/MadeleineHubb/status/1776976283764961710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Police had previously <a href="https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Press/arsonseeking-suspect#:~:text=Attached%20Press%20Release%3A-,Download%20arson.pdf,-(997.07%20KB)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a photo of the suspect that showed him wearing a hat, dark jacket, and long pants to track down the man.
Sanders <a href="https://www.dailynews.com/2024/04/05/senator-bernie-sanders-joins-striking-workers-at-hotel-figueroa-in-downtown-l-a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had been</a> in Los Angeles on Friday to join a picket line where hotel workers were on strike to demand improved pay and working conditions.
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Arrest Made In Arson Attack On Bernie Sanders’ Office

Arrest Made In Arson Attack On Bernie Sanders' Office

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bernie-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bernie Sanders</a> (I-VT) introduced a bill Wednesday that would shave 8 hours off the standard 40-hour work week that has been around for several decades.
A <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/32-Hour-Workweek-Act_Fact-Sheet_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">summary</a> from Sanders said the legislation, called the &#8220;Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act,&#8221; would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 by lowering the maximum hours threshold for overtime compensation for non-exempt employees.
The <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/WIL241041.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would require overtime pay at time and a half for workdays longer than eight hours and overtime pay at double a worker&#8217;s regular pay for workdays longer than 12 hours, the summary said. It would also &#8220;protect&#8221; workers&#8217; pay and benefits to ensure no loss in pay.
&#8220;Moving to a 32-hour workweek with no loss of pay is not a radical idea,” Sanders said in a <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-legislation-to-enact-a-32-hour-workweek-with-no-loss-in-pay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;Today, American workers are over 400 percent more productive than they were in the 1940s. And yet, millions of Americans are working longer hours for lower wages than they were decades ago. That has got to change.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;The financial gains from the major advancements in artificial intelligence, automation, and new technology must benefit the working class, not just corporate CEOs and wealthy stockholders on Wall Street. It is time to reduce the stress level in our country and allow Americans to enjoy a better quality of life. It is time for a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay.&#8221;
As chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), he held a <a href="https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/workers-should-benefit-from-new-technology-and-increased-productivity-the-need-for-a-32-hour-work-week-with-no-loss-in-pay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing on the bill</a> Thursday. The legislation has the support of several labor unions and a companion bill in the House, which was introduced by Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA).
As polls <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/22/workers-overwhelmingly-want-a-4-day-workweekon-one-condition.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> a high level of support for a hypothetical four-day work week, there has been a push at the state level, in places such as <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mass-bill-that-would-create-4-day-workweek-to-be-heard/3190043/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts</a> and <a href="https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-lawmaker-proposes-4-day-workweek-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pennsylvania</a>, to give the 32-hour model a try. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/19/countries-with-shortest-and-longest-workweeks.html#:~:text=Kiribati%3A%2027.3%20hours%20average%20per,per%20week%20per%20employed%20person" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Companies and other countries</a> have already begun to move in that direction, with data showing some <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/24/worlds-biggest-4-day-workweek-experiment-shows-big-health-benefits.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">positive results</a>. However, not everyone is on board with the legislation being proposed by Sanders.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBillCassidy/status/1768287808320381303" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a &#8220;32 hour work week for 40 hours of pay is one more example of the federal government promising free money. Nothing is free. It would kill jobs and increase inflation.&#8221;
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Roger King, senior labor and employment counsel at the HR Policy Association, <a href="https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/workers-should-benefit-from-new-technology-and-increased-productivity-the-need-for-a-32-hour-work-week-with-no-loss-in-pay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> during the hearing on Thursday that the proposal from Sanders would cause a &#8220;productivity gap&#8221; in many industries that could then lead to &#8220;added costs&#8221; for consumers. He also said the bill would &#8220;interfere&#8221; with &#8220;flexibility&#8221; for employees and cause a &#8220;worker shortage&#8221; for employers.

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Bernie Sanders Unveils Bill To Implement 32-Hour Work Week

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A bipartisan majority in the Democrat-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> rebuffed on Tuesday a measure brought by Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bernie-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bernie Sanders</a> (I-VT) seeking a report on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a>&#8216;s fight against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a> following the group&#8217;s terrorist attacks in October.
The resolution, which sought State Department information on whether U.S. assistance is being used to perpetuate any human rights abuses in the Gaza Strip, was tabled by a 72-11 vote. Sanders, nine Democrats, and one Republican — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) — <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1747426437219393719" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted in favor</a> of advancing it, according to a C-SPAN producer.
Sanders made headlines when opted to <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-to-force-unprecedented-vote-tonight-to-address-humanitarian-disaster-in-gaza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">force a vote</a> on his resolution, which hinged on the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and cited a <a href="https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:22%20section:2304%20edition:prelim)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">section that says</a> Congress may request a human rights report and adopt a measure to pull or restrict security assistance to a country found to have a pattern of internationally recognized abuses.
&#8220;We should all want this information. If you believe the war has been indiscriminate, as I do, then we must ask this question. If you believe Israel has done nothing wrong, then this information should support that belief,&#8221; Sanders <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1747306726573965734" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, <a href="https://www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-coons-statement-on-senator-sanders-resolution-regarding-aid-to-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he opposed the resolution because it &#8220;put at risk&#8221; U.S. support for Israel while its forces battle Hamas.
The Democrat stressed he would continue to raise concerns about the humanitarian situation in Gaza with Israel and push for a more &#8220;targeted&#8221; campaign to better protect civilians with Israeli officials and the Biden administration.
&#8220;I do not, however, believe that risking the suspension of all U.S. assistance or publicly rebuking Israel in a way that could embolden its enemies will address these concerns, nor will it improve the humanitarian situation,&#8221; he added.
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Among the Republicans who spoke out against the resolution offered by Sanders was Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
&#8220;Israel takes extraordinary risks to minimize civilian casualties. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad go to extraordinary lengths to maximize senseless death. We must not confuse one for the other. The Senate should reject the Sanders resolution,&#8221; McConnell <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell/status/1747381384115564734" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Tuesday.

Bipartisan Senate Majority Rejects Sanders Bid For Gaza Report

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