ICYMI: Stefanik on Standing with Israel & Combating Antisemitism at Harvard

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"Shame on Joe Biden and shame on Chuck Schumer. House Republicans understand how important it is to stand strongly with Israel, and it is the White House and the Democrat Senate that are politicizing this issue. House Republicans are committed to passing this 14 billion dollar aid package to make sure that we're supporting Iron Dome and getting the resources we need to Israel at a time of their greatest need, at a time when they faced a terrorist attack from Hamas backed by Iran. Full stop. So the fact that this White House is trying to politicize this issue, House Republicans will stand like a rock as our newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson said, and we will get this done.

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That's not going to be tied into this bill. We think that is a very politicized issue. The White House has not answered questions as to: how those dollars are going to be spent, what is the ultimate goal when it comes to Ukraine, the White House has not answered those questions. When it comes to Israel, though, our most precious ally in the Middle East, we need to make sure that we're standing strongly and that people are going to have to make a decision. And boy, is it going to expose Democrats who vote no on this very straightforward package to support Israel.

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Well, I voted to censure Rashida Tlaib. She has been mimicking and parroting Hamas talking points. She refuses to correct her misinformation and terrorist propaganda, blaming Israel for the explosion at the hospital when that was Hamas. That was a Hamas rocket that exploded at a hospital in Gaza. She has failed to take that down. She should be censured. I voted to censure her, the vast majority of Republicans did so. And every Republican is going to have to defend their vote to their constituents.

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It is inexcusable, and Harvard University has totally failed in terms of condemning the significant rise of antisemitism. That's why I lead with my colleagues in the House, who are also Harvard graduates, ranging from Ted Cruz to newly elected House member Kevin Kiley, strongly condemning President Claudine Gay that's the president of Harvard's handling of this. She put a task force in place, the students should be expelled who are not only going after Jewish students, but also saying these heinous, horrific antisemitic comments. So shame on Harvard and all of these institutions for not taking a strong stance on this. We will put on the floor a resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses, another area where Republicans will lead."

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