Look at this Bernie Sanders versus Chuck Schumer around so we got a real fight in the Democratic Party Not a fake one and it's over Israel. So Bernie decided to put an amendment in saying let's block 1,000 pound bombs and uh Bulldozers armed bulldozers from going to Israel so they [00:00:21] had a vote about that Chuck Schumer was not happy about that the fact that he's six and a half million dollars from the Israeli lobby is of course a coincidence And the fact that he has said that he has gone into the Senate to serve Israel is of course a coincidence, right? But we'll get to his vote in a second. But Politico uh interviewed Bernie about this [00:00:39] and uh they asked them about wait, who has more Democratic support in the Senate now, you or Chuck Schumer on this issue? Good question. Politico writes when Bernie Sanders moved last April to block a US arms sales to Israel, only 14 Democratic senators joined Vermont [00:00:56] independent. When Sanders objected to another Israeli arms sale this month, 39 other members of the Senate Democratic caucus joined him. Okay, so now is that real? Is Bernie now in charge of foreign policy for the Democrats in the Senate? Can they win a vote? We're going [00:01:13] to discuss all that, give you all the facts. But first, Jordan, what's your two cents on this? I'm so glad you asked. I think we're seeing a shift, a surprising shift, maybe not an altruistic shift. in the Democratic caucus. But it's interesting to watch and I think [00:01:31] if we were go back five years and tell us we would be seeing these kind of numbers posturing or not, I think we would be surprised but I'm curious to hear the rest. Yeah, I want to come back to that. That's a great point and critical to this story. Okay, so let's go back to the interview. Politico uh asked, well, aren't you kind of in charge in regards to [00:01:52] at least this issue? And Bernie answers, well, That's true whether the fact that more people were with him. He says, I mean, we got 40 votes and Schumer got seven. We have more support for our position than Chuck has for his. Shots fired. That's as uh rough as Bernie Sanders [00:02:09] gets with other Democrats. So I'll give him a little bit of credit there for saying sorry, but no, Chuck Schumer doesn't speak for us on this issue at all. uh He said it in a relatively polite roundabout way, which is his want, in my opinion. I would have said it much harsher, but I'll take it, okay? They continue, em Kaylen Raiser, who's doing the interview for Politico, [00:02:30] asked Sanders, were you surprised Chuck Schumer didn't change his vote? And do you think you could change in the future? Sanders, again, didn't really take too many shots at Schumer, but replied, you'll have to talk to Chuck about that. But you're right. em I mean, I think [00:02:45] what's noteworthy is that you have two major leaders of the Democratic Party, both Chuck and Kirsten Gillibrand. being a significant minority of the party in terms of their votes on continuing to fund military aid to Israel. And that is indisputably true. They're one of the seven snakes who voted for Israel. We're to get into another one in a second. So when [00:03:06] uh he was arguing with his pro-Israel colleagues, are they starting to feel heat from the Democratic base was another good question there. And always credit where credit is due, this good interview by Politico. uh And Sanders responded. We've had a solid group of people who have voted with us in the past, but also what we are seeing, folks who are looking at both policy and politics. [00:03:28] People like Mark Kelly of Arizona, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and a number of others who are saying it's time that we began to vote the same way our constituents would like us to vote. Which is a pretty logical and indisputable position, but it is certainly disputable within [00:03:44] Democratic caucus. What he's saying there in a roundabout way, I'll make it clear, is he's saying Mark Kelly and Cory Booker would never vote with us on Israel. They'll always want to fund Israel. But even they're getting so much pressure and they're thinking of running [00:03:59] for president. And even they've realized, my God, if we're seen as sending more bombs to Israel, we'll never be able to win a primary in a democratic race. So, but that's good news. That's pressure from you guys that's working. Because You guys are getting the message through [00:04:15] online media that these guys do not represent us, and that's showing up in the polling and it's scaring the crap out of them. That's why they're voting with us even though they don't want to. In fact, I have more on that later that I'll talk to Jordan about. But one more comment from Sanders. uh How about the Israeli lobby? uh Sanders says, the problem for the [00:04:34] Democrats is that the AIPAC is enormously powerful. That's of course the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. They've spent tens of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and they have something like $93 million in their war trust right now. For Democrats to take on AIPAC is not easy, but they're increasingly choosing to support what the people back home [00:04:54] want. So that's Senator Sanders being honest, this is uh the Israeli lobby versus Democratic voters. Eight out of ten Democratic voters have a negative view of Israel, they do not want to fund Israel anymore. They don't want to fund their wars, they don't want to fight their wars, they don't want to fund their genocide. And but it's a tight call for a lot of the [00:05:12] politicians because they're like, I want the money Lebowski. I want the money so bad. I love money. My freaking voters. God damn it. They're so inconvenient. So but now the voters are so large, they can't use mainstream media to block us anymore. So they're like, okay, [00:05:30] okay, okay, I'll pretend to be against Israel. Again, I'm going to come back to why I think they're pretending in second, but I wanted to. feature one of the seven snakes, Richard Blumenthal. In DC, he's considered a gentleman, and you can't criticize Richard Blumenthal. Okay, the Israeli lobby is only giving him $326,000. As you're about to see, they don't need to give [00:05:50] him much money. He's in a very safe blue state, and he already is very loyal to Israel. You can't say that. No, I can, and he says it, so I'm going to quote him in a second. So yes, he's taking over $300,000 from the Israeli lobby. ah But he also has a love for Israel that is [00:06:07] unending. So he talked to Jewish Insider recently. I don't know if the senators know that we can read. And these are all online. And it's not just going to the lobbyists and the people you want on your side. We also have access to it. Anyways, he says an overriding goal [00:06:24] that has been one of my most profound concerns since coming to the United States Senate is to preserve bipartisan support for Israel. Why? Why is that your overriding goal? shouldn't your overriding goal be to serve the voters of Connecticut? No, no, he's the senator from [00:06:41] Connecticut, but he serves Tel Aviv and Haifa and Jerusalem and loyally serves his overriding goal. His overriding goal is to serve Israel in our Senate. And so that's why they're like, hey, you, Blumenthal, give me more 1,000 pound bombs. He's like, yes, sir, of course, sir, [00:06:59] murder anyone you like with these bombs, sir. My voters in Connecticut don't want it, but they're not my overriding goal. Israel is my overriding goal. I didn't say it, he said it. He continues, I will take advantage of every opportunity to make sure that we are as bipartisan as possible. And I resent and oppose anyone who tries to use Israel as a [00:07:17] wedge issue politically. We need to make decisions on the merits of our own national interests and security. No, no, brother, we want you to make decisions on our national interests and security. But you're saying no, my overriding goal is Israel's national security and interest. And I will make it bipartisan even if the Democratic voters don't want it. I'll shove it down their [00:07:36] throat and say, you're going to serve Israel. I'm going to take your money and I'm going to give it to Israel in bombs and bulldozers to bulldoze innocent Muslims and Christian homes in Lebanon and in Gaza and they'll bomb any church they want to bomb any mosque and hospital or school because Richard Blumenthal's overriding goal is to serve Israel. Which part [00:07:58] of these guys are actually American? He doesn't sound like an American at all. We'll be back with the news. But first, I want to tell you about something that's made my day a lot easier, and that's Cookunity. Cookunity has helped me stay balanced and nursed with my everyday meals. Especially when I run the company and I host a show, I have so little time to cook. They're [00:08:17] the first meal delivery service bringing you high quality locally sourced meals from award winning chefs right to your door. Lately, I've been looking for something to eat. between the tons of meetings I have throughout the day. 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But his support for Israel comes from it being one of the uh US closest allies in the US Israel relationship being quote, vital to our own national security through military cooperation, intelligence sharing, [00:09:46] and technological academic and educational cooperation. None of those things are real. They give us fake weapons of mass destruction evidence in Iraq so we can attack Iraq, which was their number one enemy at the time. They've given us fake information to drive us into this Iran war. They don't share information with us. They steal from us. That's not a trope. [00:10:06] That's stone cold reality. They stole our nuclear secrets, Richard Blumenthal. And yet you think it's such a great idea to bring them in tighter? They stole all the rest of our top secrets through Jonathan Pollard. But hey, Richard Blumenthal has family that he loves and supports and serves [00:10:25] in Israel and inside the terrorist group known as the IDF. So even if eight out of ten of his voters are against it, shut up. You're an anti-Semite, all of you Connecticut Democratic voters and all Democrats, eight out of ten Democratic voters in the country, you're all anti-Semites. [00:10:42] You better vote for one of these snakes. Okay, you can't say that because he's such a gentleman. He's not a gentleman. He's a monster that funds genocide. And again, guys, this has nothing to do with the religion. Bernie Sanders is Jewish and he's the leading advocate for blocking [00:10:57] bombs to Israel. And half the people who this half or more of the snakes are Christians who just take tons and tons of bribes, legalized bribes from the Israeli lobby. And by the way, who are the snakes? Here we go, last one and then we'll go to Jordan. I want you to know [00:11:13] these guys because you should never ever vote for any of these people who betray you as a Democratic voter and then we betray our country. Richard Blumenthal. Chris Coons, Catherine Cortez Mastro, John Fetterman, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jackie Rosen and Chuck Schumer. But I want [00:11:28] you to also know the four who said no, the bulldozers are too much. I mean, the armed bulldozers to destroy innocent people's homes too much. The thousand pound bombs, yeah, we gotta send them more bombs to murder more people. Are Gary Peters from Michigan, Gary Peters from [00:11:45] Michigan, and he's saying still, we need to finance Israel's genocides. Fascinating. Jack Reed from Rhode Island. Rhode Island is as blue a state as you can get. But Jack Reed says shut up Democratic voters. I'm busy serving Israel here. And the last two Mark Warner [00:12:00] from Virginia, one of the most corrupt senators in the country. So that's not at all surprising, but heartbreaking Sheldon Whitehouse. So here's another guy from Rhode Island pretending to be a good guy in a progressive. But when you're not looking, he's like, oh serve mighty Israel. [00:12:16] Send them more thousand pound bombs. They haven't murdered enough Palestinians and Lebanese and Iranians yet. All right, Jordan, so we go from 14 to 40 Democrats voting against sending money to Israel. Is it real? And are we ever going to win a vote even if we do have that [00:12:34] trend? Let's start with the first part, is it real? I think to some extent, yes, we're seeing the result of sustained constant pressure from the base. And those are Democrats who can recognize that. Some of them have received APEC money and are close with Israel. And I think they [00:12:56] recognize it's politically expedient. think there are some that are, yeah, they're done. But others, Cory Booker, for instance. There's going to be a time where he casts a bad vote, in our opinion, but one that is supportive of Israeli objectives or is in support of or [00:13:16] granting aid to Israel. So the devil's in the details with some of those 40. But we shouldn't discount the shift that we're seeing throughout America as the result of pressure, people being uh outraged, disgusted by what they're seeing, how they're seeing their tax dollars used. [00:13:36] So yes, it's real, maybe there's an asterisk. But are we ever going to win a vote, your other question? Not until we have different leadership, because if it came down to it, if it was a one or two vote margin, and it was on the fence, Chuck Schumer would make sure that Republicans [00:13:53] got those votes. If we are in the majority, it's a totally different ballgame. Very easy for Democrats right now to take these votes knowing it's a losing battle anyway. they can fall on the sword. That wouldn't happen if Democrats are in the majority and you have [00:14:10] a president, if you have potentially a Gavin Newsom, a President Newsom saying, we need to send bombs to Israel. You'd get the votes because that's what the Democratic president wants. So it's a different dynamic now than under Biden or a potential future Democratic [00:14:27] president. Until we have a change of leadership and that goes all the way to the top, and a total change within the party infrastructure itself. No, I don't think we will actually win a vote, I certainly don't want to discount people or lead people down a cynic path because [00:14:48] of this. Keep up the fight. You are seeing a shift. It is unpalatable for some Democrats in their races this cycle to even talk about it to support Israel. It's becoming a wedge issue. Keep driving that wedge. Wait, I was told that you're not allowed to drive the wedge. [00:15:05] Blumenthal told me, I'm so sorry, Senator Blumenthal, so sorry. Okay, anyways, so look, I agree with you and I want to add one quick thing and then get your reaction to that. So I agree, it's definitely good movement to go from 14 to 40. The movement and the momentum is real. And [00:15:24] those politicians who have very, very low regard for including a lot of the ones that pretended to vote with Bernie Sanders. They're at least realizing the tsunami of voters who are furious [00:15:39] that they're backing Israel's genocide of wars. So that is a reaction to the voters. So I agree with Jordan that it's real in that sense. And number two, keep going guys, cuz it is working. It is remarkable. Jordan's totally right. If you told me five years ago 40 Democrats would [00:15:54] vote to block funding for Israel's bombs, I'd be like, no way, no way. You would have been hard pressed to find four decent moral people in the Senate. Now it's 40 whether they mean it or not. Secondly, is Israel going to lose a vote at any point soon? No, there's absolutely [00:16:12] no chance. A lot of those 40s, and I have this from an excellent source inside the Senate. A lot of those 40 are totally lying. And if Israel needed their vote, they would definitely switch and vote with Israel, okay? So this is one of those rotating villains. In fact, the [00:16:29] seven who voted with Israel or 11 when you include the bombs part, they did it gratuitously just to show how much they're servants of AIPAC. because they didn't need their votes. But they did it just to show I am loyal to Israel, not to America. I'll prove it to you. I'll take [00:16:44] a political bullet for no reason just to show my loyalty to Israel and to the lobby. That is amazing. But the reason why I also agree with Jordan that you shouldn't lose hope at all, despite the fact that we won't win votes soon. is because Jordan, think there is one scenario where we do win votes. An actual populist left candidate, uh and you could frame it any [00:17:07] way you like. could say progressive, you could say populist, you could say anything you like as long as they're clean. No corporate PAC money, no foreign government money, and they mean it. If a clean, honest Democrat wins a primary, which I think is actually much more likely than people realize because of that polling. Well, then the president gets to decide what [00:17:24] the agenda of the Democratic Party is. And the president can overwhelm Chuck Schumer and the rest. And then we might be able to win a vote to stop sending more bombs and weapons to Israel. Does that make sense to you? Yeah, it absolutely does. I would love that scenario. I guess I'm [00:17:42] a little less optimistic than you about the likelihood that that could occur. I would fight for it. If that was on the table, if that's what the primary looks like in 2028, you know I'm going all in. that's perfectly aligned with my worldview. We've seen the democratic machine [00:18:02] work against progressives before. So I would be curious what that looks like. But I will fight for it. I know you will and I know everyone watching this. hope everyone watching this will join us in that fight because it's worth fighting for. Yeah, 100%. So go out there support [00:18:20] your populist candidates in 2026 and then certainly in 2028. That'll be a battle royale, biggest showdown ever, Democratic voters versus Democratic party leadership. uh So far, party leadership has won each of those primaries and they've tricked enough voters to have them uh back [00:18:39] the worst candidate, the most corporate, the most corrupt candidates. And those candidates have lost to Donald Trump repeatedly. So if you can't beat Donald Trump, you're not good at this and you should retire in disgrace. that applies to all of the Democratic Party leadership. [00:18:54] Let's get clean ones in there that actually represent all of us real voters. uh