House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) said on Sunday that he believes the Biden administration will begin to take the threat of a Russian space nuclear weapon more seriously now that it has been exposed to the public.
Turner made the remarks during an NBC News interview with Kristen Welker on &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when asked about his decision last week to release a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-republican-urges-biden-to-declassify-new-intel-on-destabilizing-foreign-military-capability">statement</a> calling attention to a new &#8220;destabilizing foreign military capability.&#8221;
&#8220;The threat is very serious,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Everyone who&#8217;s looked at it used the same language that I have, that it is a very serious threat. And I&#8217;m very glad that the administration is beginning to take action. We met with Jake Sullivan, and he began to lay out a plan that hopefully would begin to address this. I understand that Secretary Blinken here at Munich met with leaders from China and India, according to how the New York Times is reporting. That certainly would be an important big step to try to avert this.&#8221;
Welker then claimed that President Joe Biden said last week that the threat was not a nuclear threat. What Biden actually <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-says-no-nuclear-threat-us-russia-considers-potential-space-weapo-rcna139239">said</a> was that the threat did not present a nuclear threat &#8220;to the people of America or anywhere else in the world&#8221; because the purported weapon is designed to be used only in space to destroy satellites.
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&#8220;I can’t confirm or deny this,&#8221; Turner said. &#8220;What I have called for is for the administration to declassify this. And my concern is that this is kind of like the Chinese spy balloon, and the – the administration is kind of hiding perhaps some inaction. But as this becomes more and more public and the administration grapples with what we&#8217;re dealing with, I think they are going to be taking it seriously. I think they will be taking action. And that, obviously, is the goal.&#8221;
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WATCH: House Intel Chair <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeTurner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMikeTurner</a> (R-Ohio) sounded the alarm about a national security threat related to a Russian anti-satellite weapon.
President Biden has said the threat isn’t nuclear. 
Turner: “I can’t confirm or deny this.” <a href="https://t.co/iCxlz3KYI8">pic.twitter.com/iCxlz3KYI8</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1759235679505015174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said during an interview over the weekend that President Joe Biden would have probably rather have been criminally charged in Special Counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s investigation rather than have Hur&#8217;s report come out and say that he was effectively not competent to stand trial.
Christie made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; while talking about Hur&#8217;s report, which said that Biden willfully retained classified material but charges could not be brought because Biden had serious memory problems.
&#8220;Former Attorney General Eric Holder said this about the report, &#8216;Way too many gratuitous remarks and it&#8217;s flatly inconsistent with longstanding DOJ traditions,'&#8221; Welker said. &#8220;Did this report cross any lines for you?&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think so,&#8221; Christie responded. &#8220;And, look, I did this, as you know, for seven years as the U.S. attorney in the fifth-largest office in the country. The fact is they had to give the reasons why they weren&#8217;t prosecuting when you start off the report by saying that he &#8216;willfully and knowingly retained classified documents.&#8217; Well, that&#8217;s a violation of the law.&#8221;
&#8220;So the question, then, for the prosecutor is, &#8216;Then why aren&#8217;t you bringing charges?'&#8221; Christie continued. &#8220;And he gave two reasons essentially. One was President Biden&#8217;s memory, lack of memory, his condition, and secondly, was that President Biden cooperated. Once documents were discovered, he let them go in and do whatever they needed to do to get those documents, retrieve them, as opposed to what President Trump did.&#8221;
When asked if he agreed with former President Donald Trump&#8217;s claim that Biden not being prosecuted was proof of a two-tiered justice system, Christie responded: &#8220;No, because in fact if there was a two-tiered system of justice, what would have happened would have been they just would have announced that they weren&#8217;t prosecuting him and they wouldn&#8217;t have given any of the reasons.&#8221;
&#8220;I have to tell you the truth: In one respect I think the Biden White House would have been happier if he had been charged than for that report to have come out in the midst of a reelection campaign,&#8221; Christie said. &#8220;The fact is: When you&#8217;re questioning what 70-some percent of the American people are already questioning – whether Joe Biden is too old for the job – and now you have an independent counsel, a special counsel, appointed by his own justice department, concluding that he couldn&#8217;t bring a trial for that reason, that&#8217;s much more damaging, politically, than whether people would have agreed or disagreed with him being charged.&#8221;
&#8220;And, look, in the end, this is the problem,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;Both of these candidates are people who are being questioned for their competence and being questioned for their character. And that&#8217;s a problem for the American people.&#8221;
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Chris Christie Attends Town Hall Event In New Hampshire

Chris Christie: ‘Biden White House Would Have Been Happier If He Had Been Charged’ Instead Of Hur’s Report Coming Out

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Mitch Landrieu, a top Biden administration official who now serves as the co-chair of Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign, dismissed concerns over President Joe Biden&#8217;s mental fitness after Biden refused to sit for a Super Bowl interview this year, a yearly tradition for U.S. presidents.
Landrieu made the remarks during a Sunday NBC News interview with Kristen Welker on &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when asked about Biden&#8217;s mental fitness given Special Counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s recent report that said Biden had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-has-significantly-limited-memory-didnt-remember-when-he-was-vp-or-when-son-died">serious memory problems</a> and Biden&#8217;s subsequent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-panic-after-bidens-disastrous-press-conference-worse-than-an-indictment">disastrous press conference</a> where he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-explodes-during-press-conference-on-his-mental-fitness-makes-several-mental-mistakes">demonstrated those very problems</a>.
When Landrieu claimed that Biden was &#8220;tough,&#8221; &#8220;smart,&#8221; and &#8220;on his game,&#8221; Welker responded: &#8220;Americans don&#8217;t agree with what you&#8217;re saying. In fact, our NBC News poll found that 76% of voters are concerned about whether the president has the necessary mental and physical health to be president for a second term.&#8221;
Welker noted that last week&#8217;s events have sparked panic within the party as donors and politicians look to each other and wonder what changes can happen before the 2024 presidential election happens in November.
&#8220;Was it a mistake for him not to do the Super Bowl interview, to miss talking to as many as 60 million people?&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;No. I don&#8217;t think so,&#8221; he responded. &#8220;I think people really want to watch a Super Bowl tonight and – and think about football. They don&#8217;t want to hear from a politician. So I think he made the right choice for himself at this time.&#8221;
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President Biden Speaks On His Bidenomics Economic Plan In Superior, Wisconsin

Top Biden Campaign Official On Biden Skipping Super Bowl Interview: ‘Made The Right Choice For Himself’

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said during an interview over the that he and President Joe Biden were not responsible for the illegal alien crisis that has exploded as a direct result of Biden&#8217;s open border policies.
Mayorkas made the claim during a Sunday NBC News interview with Kristen Welker on &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; as he is on the verge of making history as the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years.
Mayorkas claimed that allegations that the administration was &#8220;willfully&#8221; not enforcing immigration laws were &#8220;baseless,&#8221; but he could not say how.
The segment comes as more illegal aliens have entered the U.S. through the southern border than at any other time in U.S. history.
&#8220;You yourself have said that more than 85% of migrants caught crossing the border illegally are being released into the U.S. as they await their court dates,&#8221; Welker said. &#8220;Why do you deserve to keep your job, Mr. Secretary?&#8221;
Mayorkas did not answer the question and instead blamed Congress for the problem, even though the problem exploded the moment that Biden took office.
&#8220;But do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border, what the president himself has called a crisis?&#8221; Welker asked.
After previously refusing to call the situation a crisis, Mayorkas said now that it &#8220;certainly is a crisis,&#8221; but added: &#8220;we don&#8217;t bear responsibility for a broken system, and we&#8217;re doing a tremendous amount within that broken system. But, fundamentally, fundamentally, Congress is the only one who can fix that.&#8221;
When asked, Mayorkas would also not acknowledge Biden&#8217;s recent admission that the U.S. border is not secure.
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Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Holds Media Availability In Eagle Pass, Texas

Mayorkas Claims He And Biden ‘Don’t Bear Responsibility’ For Border Crisis, Won’t Say He Deserves To Keep Job

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said that she believes that President Joe Biden is the Democratic Party&#8217;s best option against former President Donald Trump in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
AOC made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when asked about why Biden is struggling in the polls against Trump despite Trump facing numerous legal issues.
&#8220;I think what we have right now, what we&#8217;ve seen in New Hampshire, he is virtually the nominee of the party. His turnout in New Hampshire is actually not something to ignore,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We saw, from a write-in campaign, remember, President Biden wasn&#8217;t even on the ballot in New Hampshire, he won overwhelmingly with turnout that even exceeded Obama 2012 turnout when Obama was on the ballot. And so, there are quite a few indicators in his strength in New Hampshire. We will see what happens in South Carolina and, of course, when we get to important primaries like Michigan.&#8221;
When asked directly if Biden was the party&#8217;s best option, AOC said, &#8220;Yes&#8221; that Biden was &#8220;the strongest nominee&#8221; the party could put forward.
&#8220;I think we can certainly do more to be advancing our vision,&#8221; AOC said. &#8220;And I believe that we have a strong vision that we can run on. You know I think – and – and for what it&#8217;s worth, the president has said, &#8216;If you give me the House, and if you give me the Senate and reelect me to the presidency, we will codify abortion rights and the right to choose in this country. We&#8217;ll codify reproductive rights.&#8217; I think we can do more.&#8221;
&#8220;I think we – I think we need to be talking more about health care,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Of course, me as a progressive, I want to see the age of Medicare drop, whether it&#8217;s to 50, as the president has discussed earlier, or to zero, as is my preference, to extend Medicare to all people in the United States of America. But I believe that we can be doing more. We can talk even more about the fact that public colleges and universities should be tuition free or reduced.&#8221;
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Ocasio-Cortez: Biden The ‘Strongest’ Democrat Option To Face Trump In 2024

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New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu said on Sunday that voters should be concerned with a statement that former President Donald Trump made last week about presidents needing to have &#8220;total immunity&#8221; from criminal prosecution.
Sununu made the remarks during an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; ahead of his state&#8217;s primary election on Tuesday.
The topic came up after the former president <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111785128948205392">posted</a> on Truth Social on Friday that a president &#8220;MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY&#8221; from criminal prosecution, &#8220;EVEN EVENTS THAT &#8216;CROSS THE LINE.'&#8221;
&#8220;Do you agree? Should the president have total immunity, even for things that crossed the line?&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;Of course not,&#8221; Sununu responded. &#8220;The amazing thing about that clip is he was dead serious. He wasn&#8217;t even making one of his ridiculous jokes. He was dead serious about that. And that should give everybody, I don&#8217;t care what political party you&#8217;re from, whether you&#8217;re an extreme conservative or socialist liberal, everybody should be concerned with that type of mentality going into the White House.&#8221;
Welker then pressed Sununu on his pledge to support Trump for president if he becomes the nominee.
&#8220;At the end of the day, most Republicans are gonna get behind the Republican nominee,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m hoping that it&#8217;s obviously Nikki Haley. This is how bad Joe Biden is, six months ago, Trump couldn&#8217;t beat Biden. This is how bad Joe Biden is. Inflation is crushing middle and low-income families across this country. We&#8217;re weak on the international stage. We haven&#8217;t secured our border, even Democrats have agreed that he&#8217;s completely incompetent and not on the ball there.&#8221;
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&#8220;Joe Biden is so bad that even folks would get behind Donald Trump,&#8221; he continued.
Sununu said that if New Hampshire voters wanted to beat Trump, they needed to go to the ballot box.
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WATCH: Trump said the president needs to have “total immunity” from prosecution, no matter the crime.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovChrisSununu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovChrisSununu</a> (R-N.H.) says, “Everybody should be concerned with that type of mentality,” despite saying he’ll support Trump if he’s the nominee. <a href="https://t.co/Ce2qkoKQ0A">pic.twitter.com/Ce2qkoKQ0A</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1749090576690016708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog said during an interview over the weekend that despite some remarks from various Israeli officials, Israel does not want to forcibly displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
The remarks from Herzog came during an interview on Sunday with Kristen Welker on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; while discussing Israel&#8217;s ongoing operations to hunt down the Palestinian terrorists responsible for massacring 1,200 Israelis on October 7.
Welker asked Herzog if &#8220;forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza&#8221; was the official position of the Israeli government.
&#8220;Absolutely not,&#8221; he responded. &#8220;Totally not agreed or is not the position of the Israeli government, or the Israeli parliament, or the Israeli public. But we are a democracy, and in democracy, you have a variety of ideas. And in a variety of ideas, and in a society – society where free speech is the basis of our national DNA, people can say whatever they want. So, in a Cabinet of 30 ministers where it&#8217;s not the security Cabinet, a minister can say whatever he wants. I may not like it, but this is Israeli politics. And, by the way, you have in America people who say things which you don&#8217;t like. But that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s the policy of the administration. So, same goes here.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m saying outright, officially and unequivocally, this is not the Israeli position,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We should remember, however, the national psyche here. We are in deep trauma. In the last three months, we have – we have seen – we have seen so much agony, pain, and sadness. And may I remind all that we still have over 130 Israelis from babies, from toddlers, one of them due to celebrate one year old in a week&#8217;s time, all the way to 85-year-olds, as well, including people with Holocaust background. So, because of that, our nation – our nation is bereaving, is worried, is agonized, and we are doing whatever we can to do whatever it takes to bring back these hostages.&#8221;
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President of Israel Isaac Herzog meets with Secretary-

Israeli President Isaac Herzog: Forced Displacement Of Palestinians From Gaza ‘Is Not The Israeli Position’

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Iranian dissident activist Masih Alinejad said during an interview over the weekend that she gets her courage to continue to speak out against her home country from the brave people who are still there speaking out about the atrocities that Iran&#8217;s Islamic government has committed.
Alinejad, who has been the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/assassin-with-a-loaded-ak-47-arrested-near-home-of-famous-iranian-dissident-in-nyc-reports">target</a> of assassination attempts by the Iranian government, made the remarks during an interview that aired Sunday on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; with Kristen Welker.
She said that it was &#8220;scary&#8221; to be in her shoes because of the threats that she faces as she has round the clock protection from federal law enforcement.
&#8220;But I don&#8217;t want to live in fear, because I know this is the goal of those who are trying to kill us,&#8221; she said. &#8220;These, you know, killers in Iran trying to put the fear inside us and to push us behind the curtain. I&#8217;m not going to let them win. That&#8217;s why. And I learned from my heroes within the country, Iranian women, mothers whose children got killed.&#8221;
&#8220;They hold the picture of their beloved one, they go to the same street that their children got killed, and they say, &#8216;Here we are. We have no fear of you,'&#8221; she continued. &#8220;So, I learn from my true heroes within the country. Even women walking unveiled, showing their beautiful hair is a crime. They walk unveiled,and they show their faces, and they say that, &#8216;You are scared of us not, you know, we, the women of Iran.&#8217; We&#8217;re badass.&#8221;
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed NBC News host Kristen Welker during an interview on Sunday after she repeatedly tried to get him to referee remarks made by former President Donald Trump.
The interview on the network&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; was combative from the outset, and included Welker repeatedly asking DeSantis to respond to Trump rather than address issues relevant to the presidential primary.
&#8220;Well, I think even beyond that, the issue is — is why are you running?&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;Are you running for your personal issues? Are you running for the American people&#8217;s issues? And I&#8217;m running for the American people&#8217;s issues. And now, part of that is this government is out of control. We have seen weaponization of agencies, like the DOJ, and the FBI and the IRS. I am going to end that weaponization.&#8221;
&#8220;But that&#8217;s not because I&#8217;m doing it for me; it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m doing it for the people that have been under the thumb of these agencies,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And I&#8217;m going to restore the rule of law. So, I think if Donald Trump is saying his whole thing is retribution for himself, well, what about all the other people that have had issues with that? Is that somebody – are those people he&#8217;s going to be standing up with? So I don&#8217;t think you can say it&#8217;s about “your enemies.” I think you&#8217;ve got to say it&#8217;s about the American people&#8217;s future. And the goal is to end weaponization, period, and to have a single standard of justice employed, not to basically do what we don&#8217;t like is being done now, just in a different direction.&#8221;
From that point on, Welker proceed to push DeSantis five times to condemn Trump for calling some of his political enemies &#8220;vermin.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t use the term. But what I don&#8217;t do is play the media&#8217;s game, where I&#8217;m asked to referee other people,&#8221; DeSantis fired back. &#8220;He&#8217;s responsible for his words. He&#8217;s responsible for his conduct. I&#8217;m responsible for mine. But I will tell you, more important than the choice of words is: Why are you running? If he&#8217;s running for personal retribution, that is not going to lead to what we need as a country.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to be running for the American people and their issues, not about your own personal issues,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And that is a distinction between us. I am focused on the folks. I am focused on what they want to see done for this country in a positive direction. I&#8217;m the vessel, but ultimately, it&#8217;s not about me.&#8221;
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WATCH: Former President Trump has called his opponents “vermin.”<a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a>: Do you condemn the use of that word?
Gov. <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonDeSantis</a> (R-Fla.): “I don’t use the term. … He&#39;s responsible for his words. He&#39;s responsible for his conduct. I&#39;m responsible for mine.” <a href="https://t.co/Trgt5UWPH6">pic.twitter.com/Trgt5UWPH6</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1731319522437571068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Ron DeSantis Holds His 99th Campaign Rally In Iowa

DeSantis Blasts NBC News Host: ‘What I Don’t Do Is Play The Media’s Game’

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National security adviser Jake Sullivan dodged a question over the weekend about whether the Biden administration&#8217;s negotiations with Qatar — to secure the release of U.S. citizens being held by Hamas terrorists inside Gaza — could endanger Americans around the world.
NBC News&#8217; Kristen Welker asked Sullivan during a Sunday interview on &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; about whether he had &#8220;any concern that the U.S. so publicly negotiating a hostage release sends a message that Americans are willing to negotiate with terrorists, even if indirectly, and that that could ultimately put the lives of other Americans at risk on the world stage?&#8221;
Welker&#8217;s question comes after the Biden administration paid $6 billion to Iran to secure the release of five U.S. citizens that were being unlawfully detained by the Islamic Republic.
&#8220;Look, we&#8217;ve been in the business since the beginning of the Biden administration – and President Biden has taken a leadership role in this – in taking steps to bring home Americans who are unjustly detained or being held hostage overseas,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And we&#8217;ve been willing to make hard decisions to do that because as the president said, he has no higher priority than to bring Americans home. When the United States had one policy or another, people were taking Americans hostage.&#8221;
&#8220;So from our perspective, this isn&#8217;t about precedent. It isn&#8217;t about policy,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;It&#8217;s about a simple principle: if there&#8217;s an American citizen being held overseas, we are going to do everything in our power – using diplomacy, using influence, using leverage – to be able to get those people home safely to their families. That is the commitment of President Biden.&#8221;
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Biden Official Jake Sullivan Dodges Question On Whether Negotiating With Terrorists Endangers Americans Around World

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) raised concerns over the weekend about the way that the Biden administration has gone about conducting negotiations with Qatar as it seeks the release of numerous Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas terrorists last month.
Turner made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; with host Kristen Welker as some of the more than 240 Israeli hostages have started to be released.
&#8220;Speaking of the perils here, do you have any concerns that Hamas is delaying the release of American citizens to use them effectively as bargaining chips, Congressman?&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;Exactly, which is why I&#8217;m concerned that the Biden administration didn&#8217;t make it a condition of this deal that Americans be in the first hostages that are released, especially since American aid is going into Gaza right now, into northern Gaza as part of the conditions that Hamas had,&#8221; Turner said. &#8220;I think, you know, when the administration says they know every detail and then tell you that they don&#8217;t even know if they&#8217;re alive, that is certainly concerning.&#8221;
Turner also said that Iran, which funds Hamas, views the war as a proxy war against the United States and the West.
He said that the Biden administration needed to step up their protection of U.S. forces stationed in the region after they have come under repeated attack from Iranian-backed proxy groups.
&#8220;I do think that the administration should step up its effort in protecting our own troops in Syria and Iraq who have been subject to attacks from Iranian proxies,&#8221; he said. &#8220;These are absolutely Iranian franchises funded, trained and stood up as terrorist organizations to attack the West.&#8221;
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Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie pushed back over the weekend on claims from the United Nations that Israel was committing war crimes inside Gaza.
Christie, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; while discussing his recent trip to Israel.
&#8220;The UN human rights chief has said that Israel is, quote, &#8216;committing war crimes in Gaza&#8217;,&#8221; Welker said. &#8220;Based on what you learned on your trip, do you believe that Israel is following international law?&#8221;
Christie responded, &#8220;Yes, I absolutely do think Israel is following international law, Kristen. And I will tell you, unlike a lot of other people who are expressing opinions about this, I was there and spoke to the leaders in Israel, spoke to the president of Israel, spoke to members of the Israeli Defense Forces. I was 600 yards from the Gaza border. I went everywhere in Israel to see what&#8217;s going on, and they are doing everything they can to avoid civilian casualties.&#8221;
&#8220;The problem is that Hamas is forcing these civilians to stay in places where Israel is warning them out of, dropping thousands of leaflets, sending hundreds of thousands of text messages to warn people away from areas before they&#8217;re attacked,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It is Hamas that&#8217;s doing this. And let us not forget, for those who are advocating for a cease-fire, there was a cease-fire on October 6th, and it was Hamas that broke it on October 7th. And I will tell you, I saw the 43-minute video that&#8217;s been put together by the Israeli government from raw footage from not only Israeli sources but from body cams and dash cams from the Hamas terrorists.&#8221;
&#8220;What they did on October 7th was the greatest violation of international law and the greatest violation of humanity,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;And the worst part, Kristen, they did it with joy. We had one young man who called back to his family in Hamas in a cell phone call that was interrupted and said, &#8220;Mom, I just killed ten Jews with my bare hands. Your son is a hero.&#8221; And his parents cheered him.&#8221;
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WATCH: “I absolutely” believe that Israel is following international law, says GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovChristie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovChristie</a>: “They are doing everything they can to avoid civilian casualties.” <a href="https://t.co/dY9fkcBmkN">pic.twitter.com/dY9fkcBmkN</a>
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Christie Pushes Back On U.N. Claiming Israel Is ‘Committing War Crimes’: ‘I Was There’ And ‘Saw What’s Going On’

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