Rep. Elise Stefanik rebukes Biden and praises Trump in address to Israeli parliament

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Rep. Elise Stefanik rebukes Biden and praises Trump in address to ******** parliament

Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the highest-ranking *********** woman in the House, rebuked President Biden and praised former President Trump over U.S. military support for ******* in an address to its parliament on Sunday.  

“There is no excuse for an ********* president to block aid to ******* – aid that was duly passed by the Congress, or to ease sanctions on Iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the world’s leading state sponsor of *******, or to dither and hide while our friends ****** for their lives,” The New York congresswoman and House GOP conference chairwoman said.

Earlier this month, acknowledging the U.S. had paused a shipment of 2,000-pound ****** to *******, Mr. Biden said that the U.S. would not provide ******* with weapons for an offensive in Rafah, and he acknowledged that ******* has used powerful *********-made weapons in deadly attacks in Gaza. He suggested the U.S. would further curtail weapons shipments if ******* broadened its ground offensive to include civilian population centers in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

However, Mr. Biden also said that the U.S. would continue to provide defensive military aid to *******, and the White House has said that the U.S. would ensure that ******* would receive the full amount pledged in a recently signed supplemental funding package that includes about $14 billion for *******’s defense. And last week, the Biden administration informed Congress that it intends to transfer $1 billion in weapons to *******.

Recalling a letter from George Washington wrote to Jews in Newport, Rhode Island, Stefanik said Americans are “firmly behind ******* and the ******* people.”

Stefanik noted that “for years, I have been a leading proponent and partner to President Trump in his historic support for ******** independence and security.” She’s a close ally of Trump and was among the first to endorse his 2024 presidential bid. Sources have told CBS News that Trump views her as a potential running mate.

In congressional hearings late last year, Stefanik pressed the presidents of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania on antisemitism on their campuses. Soon afterward, two of the presidents resigned. 

“We must not let the extremism in ‘elite’ corners conceal the deep, abiding love for ******* among the ********* people. Most Americans feel a strong connection to your people,” Stefanik told members of the Knesset.

Nikole Killion contributed to this report.

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