Nov 8, 2023
Dem Says Colleagues Who Vote No On Her Pro-Israel Bill Don't "Have A Soul"
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told CNN's Manu Raju that Democrats who vote no on her pro-Israel resolution "don't have a soul."
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Someone who votes against this,
I would think, doesn't have a soul.
Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman
Schultz showed exactly where she stands
on the Israel Gaza conflict.
I shouldn't even say conflict.
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The brutal war that is currently taking
place in Gaza, where tens of thousands
of Palestinian civilians have died,
where at least 4000 Palestinian children
have been slaughtered
thanks to Israel's aerial bombardment.
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And so what she wants is for the House of
Representatives to sign on to a resolution
that she's promoting to show
that our government will support Israel,
regardless of what Israel does, that our
government will provide the support,
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unwavering, undying commitment to the
Israeli government, regardless of how far
right that government is, regardless
of how brutal Benjamin Netanyahu is
toward the Palestinian people,
not just in Gaza, but also the West Bank.
That is what she is doing here.
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She is basically calling out anyone
who has the audacity
to have an issue with her resolution.
Let's hear more of what she has to say.
We're learning about things
that have happening behind the scenes,
one of which was a comment that was made
by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
She is a prominent Jewish Democrat.
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She was pushing for a resolution
that was adopted on a bipartisan basis on
the House floor just a couple of weeks ago
to reaffirm support for the United States
for its war against Israel.
I asked her about that resolution and
about Democrats who may vote against it,
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and she had some sharp remarks for about
those Democrats which set off an uproar.
There's this vote that's going to happen
on the Israel
Hamas resolution on the floor.
Are you concerned that some
Democrats may not support this?
I would hope that all members
would support a resolution
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that condemns terrorism, the brutal
attacks that were perpetrated against
the Israeli people that were killed.
We have 218 hostages. They took 222.
I know someone who votes against this,
I would think doesn't have a soul.
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Someone who votes against this
doesn't have a soul.
Well, I mean,
I would I would vote against it.
And I would venture to say
that Debbie Wasserman Schultz
is the one who doesn't have a soul.
Because if you read the resolution,
which we did, and we're going
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to share screenshots of the resolution
so you could read it for yourselves.
No mention of the slaughter
of Palestinian civilians.
It's just an endless, you know, show
of support for Israel, a complete neglect
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of what they are carrying out right now.
Just blind support, blind loyalty.
It is insane to me.
So I'm going to read it to you.
And then you tell me if, let's say,
a Democratic lawmaker
votes against the resolution because it
makes no mention of Palestinians.
Tell me if you think that those
members of Congress are soulless.
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Okay, so let's go. Let's read it.
Whereas Israel is a major non-NATO ally
and major strategic partner
of the United States.
Now, therefore, be it resolved
that the House of Representatives
stands with Israel as it defends itself
against the Barbary War
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launched by Hamas and other terrorists.
No mention of the barbaric actions
carried out by the IDF
against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
No mention of that, but I'll continue.
I'll read the rest of the resolution.
Reaffirms Israel's right to self-defense,
condemns Hamas's brutal war
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against Israel, calls on all countries
to unequivocally condemn Hamas's brutal
war against Israel, calls on Hamas
to immediately cease these violent attacks
and safely release all living hostages and
return the bodies of deceased hostages.
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Let's go to the next page.
Mourns the over 900 Israelis
and 11 Americans killed
and over 2600 others wounded
in Hamas's unprovoked attack on Israel.
Reaffirms the United States's
commitment to Israel's security,
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including through security assistance,
in accordance with the 2016
US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding.
Urges full enforcement of the Taylor Force
Act, title ten of Division S of Public Law
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and other restrictions
in United States law to prevent US foreign
assistance from benefiting terrorists,
directly or indirectly.
There's more.
Condemns Iran's support for terrorist
groups and proxies, including Hamas
and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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Urges full enforcement
of US sanctions against Iran to prevent
Iran's funding of terrorist groups.
Hey, by the way,
we've been sanctioning Iran all this time.
What happened?
Aren't they supposed to be sanctions that
succeed in preventing Iran from funding
these militant groups around the world?
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Looks like the sanctions
haven't been working, have they?
But I'll keep going.
Stands ready to assist Israel
with emergency resupply.
Got to give him the weapons.
Got to give them the weapons.
Got to drop those bombs on those
Palestinian civilians, am I right?
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Resupply and other security,
diplomatic and intelligence support.
No mention of the war crimes
that the Israeli government
is carrying out as we speak.
The war crimes they have been carrying out
for a month straight.
No mention of that, because Palestinians,
in the eyes of some American lawmakers,
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are subhuman.
Their lives don't matter.
Doesn't matter if their five year
old children, doesn't matter
if they're pregnant women, doesn't matter
if they're elderly individuals.
In the eyes of people
like Debbie Wasserman Schultz,
their lives don't matter.
The only thing that matters is that we
show unwavering, unmitigated commitment
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and support to the Israeli government,
regardless of what they do.
Even as the international community
watches in shock and awe as these war
crimes are committed day after day.
And then she has the audacity to say that
anyone who has a problem with the lack of
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mention of Palestinians in the resolution,
if they vote against the resolution
because of that, she has the audacity
to say that they are soulless.
And then I got to be honest.
Then you have some Democrats coming out
with some horse horse crap, like trying
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to weaponize race in order to push back
against Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Oh, we don't like the use of the word
soulless, because some might think
it's an attack against black people.
What are you guys doing? No, no.
Focus here.
Okay?
The resolution intentionally leaves out.
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The fact that war crimes are being
committed against Palestinian civilians.
That is the issue at play here.
Let me tell you what they're saying.
Some of these Democrats
brought this directly to Democratic Leader
Hakeem Jeffries, who has sought
to tamp down these tensions,
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tried to get members on the same page
as this divide has been growing.
So there is a divide among those
who apparently have a conscience in
the Democratic Party and those who don't
have a conscience and don't really
care about the lives of Palestinians.
One of the members even talked
to Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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and was concerned that is a racial trope.
Solis is a racial trope that would be used
calling someone soulless as something that
could be interpreted very negatively for
African American members in particular.
Stop hiding behind weaponized race
and just call it for what it is.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
wants to smear anyone who gives a damn
about innocent Palestinian lives.
Please don't muddle the issue.
I think it is outrageous for Democrats
to criticize Democrats on these votes.
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Democratic Representative
Pramila Jayapal of Washington state, who
abstained from voting on the resolution
because it didn't mention the loss
of innocent Palestinian lives
or need for humanitarian aid, told CNN.
Perfect.
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Pramila Jayapal her messaging
today at least, has been top notch.
Don't try to muddle it with,
oh, I don't like the word soulless.
That's the real issue here,
because some members of Congress
that are, you know, people of color
might take it as a racial slur.
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It's not a racial slur.
This isn't about, you know,
going after black people.
This is about the fact that we literally
have Democratic members of Congress
saying with a straight face
that they don't give a damn about Israel
committing war crimes, and that we should
fund them and provide weaponry to them
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regardless of what they do.
Hey, Debbie.
Your smears against others might have
worked in the past, and they might
still work on some members of Congress
who are afraid of being called names.
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Okay.
It's not working for a lot of people
in the country anymore.
A lot of people are fearlessly taking
to the streets and calling
out the disgusting, unmitigated,
unwavering support for the war crimes
that are currently being committed.
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What Hamas did was disgusting,
and what the Israeli government
has done in response has done
little to keep Israeli Palestinians safe.
What Benjamin Netanyahu is carrying
out right now is only radicalizing more
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people, will lead to more hostility
toward innocent Israeli civilians, will
very likely lead to more hostility toward
the United States and its civilians,
as we support everything Israel does.
And she's sitting there and pretending
like she's the arbiter of what is just.
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She is anything but.
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