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Willing to make a deal with the taliban without the involvement of congress. here you have the president as philippe was saying telegraphing if you want to be charitable about it, with a the prime minister of israel should be doing. what s your response to that? i go back to you as the lawmaker, as the member of congress watching this happen again and again, the white house taking on this outsized dare i say inappropriate role. of course trump is circumventing the congress. he s circumventing the constitution, flaunting the constitution, i want to take some responsibility in congress as well. that s why it s our job in congress to hold him accountable. the fact that we refuse to hold impeachment hearings when the president is flagrantly violating the constitution and flagrantly violating the law. we re not doing our job. the politics are tough, the timing might not be perfect. it s our constitutional duty to hold the executive accountable. ....
There s a subset among his base, mostly white and voted for him because they love his bravado, there are people who like that, that he does that. this is about the relationship between donald trump and benjamin netanyahu as well. we re a month away from that election in israel. explain that relationship, how that is what is driving all of this. the president s clear affection for benjamin netanyahu, his interest in that elek shucelece what he s doing for netanyahu in the u.s. for president trump, it s all about evangelical voters, they are a part of his base. there are always theories they ll win jewish americans, finally this is the election where they turn. it never happens. the jewish americans vote democrat bay margin of 70% in the last election, in the 2016 election it was bigger than that. that part won t work, but the president wants to hold ....
Relations when the democrats take over, which will happen at some point. it s astonishing how this happened in the open. a few weeks back the israeli am bar ambassador saying it was his thoughts that these women would be allowed to travel to israel. the latest iterations, the letters that were sent back and forth were out for review. this is not how policy is conducted traditionally. no surprise because trump is presidency. that is what fascinating about this week alone. this is different than any other previous american president. this is different than how america s dealt with foreign allies. donald trump loves doing things out in the open especially when lease trying to strongarm someone like netanyahu and israel to bar these political opponents. congresswoman tlaib said she ....
Op twitter the president said they re fast becoming the face of the democrat party. and they hate israel. well prime minister netanyahu saw the tweet and said the soul purpose of the lawmakers trip was to quote harm israel and increase incitement against it. the prime minister s decision was roundly criticized. senator marco rubio called it a mistake to deny the lawmakers entry. maine senator susan collins said the administration should have encouraged the visit. apac the american-israel public affairs committee said every american member should be able to travel to israel. congressman seth moulten and eli, a contributor to the nation magazine. a long-time adviser to secretary of state hillary clinton co-host of the podcast unredacted and the bringer of munchkins. ....
From the president, and the president saying he had talked to people over there, he wouldn t reveal who they were. congressman moulton, rasheda talib said this is likely to cause lawmakers to re-evaluate that relationship. bernie sanders was talking about the aid that u.s. gives to israel. if they re going to start putting restrictions on who can travel to the country, which lawmakers can travel to the country, maybe it s time to look at the aid package again. i want to get your sense as you look at that relationship from where you sit in the congress of how much re-evaluation is taking place, how much evaluation is likely to take place as a result of this? i know that voters on the ground are talking about it. i did a town hall in iowa last night and i was asked about the u.s./israel relationship. so the fact that the president is essentially succeeding in trying to make it more partisan, is dangerous. it s dangerous for us, it s dangerous for israel. israel remains one of our oldes ....