GOP presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley let unfastened on her opponent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, this week for hitting the marketing campaign path in Iowa with a member of Congress who she referred to as the “most anti-Israel Republican there is.”
DeSantis was joined at a Johnston, Iowa, city corridor on Saturday by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who made headlines for a string of current votes within the House of Representatives that noticed him aspect with quite a few Democrats, together with the far-left “Squad,” towards payments in help of Israel.
“Ron DeSantis – who says Ukraine’s a territorial dispute, and that this is Israel’s war, not America’s war – turns around and brings in a Republican into Iowa that is the most anti-Israel Republican there is,” Haley instructed a crowd of supporters at a marketing campaign occasion close to Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday.
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From left to proper, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. (Getty Images)
“[Massie] voted with the ‘Squad’ against calling out antisemitism on college campuses, voted with the ‘Squad’ against hitting the presidents that were allowing it to happen, and voted with the ‘Squad,’ the only Republican, to turn around and ban the fact that we shouldn’t give $6 billion to Iran for five hostages. That’s who he brought to Iowa. So let him answer for that,” she stated.
Massie, a self-described Libertarian, has opposed a lot of the laws in help of Israel launched following the horrific Oct. 7 assaults by Hamas terrorists that resulted within the deaths of greater than 1,200 individuals, together with infants. However, he has maintained that he’s a supporter of Israel.
Last month, he voted towards a decision reaffirming the nation of Israel’s proper to exist, becoming a member of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., two members of the “Squad,” in opposing the laws. In a submit on X following the vote, he cited the language throughout the decision for his resolution.
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“I agree with the title ‘Reaffirming the State of Israel’s Right to Exist’ and much of the language, but I’m voting ‘No’ on the resolution because it equates anti-Zionism with antisemitism. Antisemitism is deplorable, but expanding it to include criticism of Israel is not helpful,” he wrote.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), middle, arrives for the weekly House Republican convention assembly within the basement of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Massie additionally voted alongside 22 Democrats final month towards a decision condemning antisemitism on faculty campuses. He cited considerations over free speech as the explanation for his vote.
“Free speech means protecting speech you don’t like, not just speech you do like. Also, who defines antisemitism?” he wrote in a submit on X.
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Additionally, Massie voted towards the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act, a invoice to freeze funds related to the Iran hostage deal and impose most sanctions on the nation.
“I’m voting against HR 5961 because there’s no legal or moral authority for us to freeze or steal assets of other countries we are not at war with. It’s also shortsighted for us to use our super-power status to force foreign banks to freeze assets of sovereign countries,” he wrote on X about his vote.
From left to proper, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Cori Bush, D-Mo., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. (Getty Images)
DeSantis responded to criticism of his look with Massie throughout a Monday marketing campaign occasion by stating that he didn’t see eye-to-eye with the congressman on international relations points and referred to him as “basically an isolationist.”
“He votes against anything having to do with foreign relations. I disagree with that,” DeSantis stated. “But you know, my 80% friend is not my 20% enemy, and we’ve got to stop thinking that way, as Republicans.”
When reached for remark, DeSantis marketing campaign press secretary Bryan Griffin instructed Fox News Digital, “Nikki Haley is just trying to distract from her record of inviting Gaza refugees to the U.S. and supporting U.S. tax dollars going to the Gaza Strip.”
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“Ron DeSantis has been the clearest, most consistent pro-Israel candidate in this race. He has unequivocally supported Israel in exterminating Hamas, passed the strongest anti-Iran legislation of any state in a special session in November, and jumped into action to bring Americans home from Israel who were stranded by Joe Biden,” he added.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Massie’s workplace for remark.
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