Members on the Record (Automated) for Sun January 09, 2022

Last updated on Sun January 09, 2022 at 12:43 PM Washington DC time.


Israel - Palestine

Khanna (D-CA-17) 01/09/2022: Retweet of @ThisWeekABC – “.@ashishkjha tells @GStephanopoulos that he predicts the current omicron surge will peak in the next few weeks. “Once we get into February, I really do expect much, much lower case numbers.” COVID-19 live updates: Israel approves 4th vaccine dose... | abcn.ws   Link to video

Lamborn (R-CO-5) 01/09/2022: Tweet – “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you. Psalm 122:6 #ScriptureSunday Link to image

Long (R-MO-7) 01/09/2022: Retweet of @HananyaNaftali – “"Israel was not created to disappear. Israel will endure and flourish." (President John F. Kennedy) 🇮🇱🇺🇸 Via @IsraelCampus Link to image


Apartheid

Long (R-MO-7) 01/08/2022: Retweet of @charliekirk11 – “The FDA is suggesting race should be a deciding factor in whether or not someone is “high risk” and therefore qualified to receive certain COVID treatments. Medical apartheid is now fully upon us.


Iran

Gonzales (R-TX-23) 01/09/2022: Retweet of @NikkiHaley – “When you get sanctioned by Iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terror, you know you're doing something right. #BadgeOfHonor

Gonzales (R-TX-23) 01/09/2022: Tweet – “The Iranian regime hates Americans, not Democrats, not Republicans but Americans. Stay vigilant and if you see something, say something. Iran Revolutionary Guard commander says 'revenge' coming for Soleimani strike from 'within' US Iran Revolutionary Guards commander says 'revenge' coming for Soleimani strike from 'within' US... | foxnews.com #FoxNews

Gosar (R-AZ-4) 01/08/2022: Tweet – “Maybe. Just maybe. Media personalities and talking heads are not “experts.” Competent people don't get invites on MSNBC etc. Link to quoted tweetI have no idea how "experts" who predicted a supply chain recovery in 2022 continue to have jobs. And we still haven't even seen post-Olympics Xi Jinping, Russia invading Ukraine (again), Iran doing Iran things, or the West Coast longshoremen strike yet. (Link to twitter.com)


Egypt

Khanna (D-CA-17) 01/08/2022: Tweet – “I am elated that today Ramy Shaath has been released from prison in Egypt. Congrats to the thousands of @FreeRamyShaath activists around the world. We will not stop fighting until ALL political prisoners are free!


Saudi Arabia

Rubio (R-FL) 01/09/2022: Tweet – “Seven years after receiving his first 50 of 1,000 lashes, human rights activist Raif Badawi remains detained in a #Saudi prison. Sen. Rubio continues to call for the Saudi government to end his unjust imprisonment immediately and #FreeRaif.


Iraq

Castro (D-TX-20) 01/08/2022: Tweet – “Le Roy Torres developed lung disease after exposure to burn pits in Iraq. DPS refused to accommodate him, violating a federal law that protects disabled veterans. I urged the acting solicitor general to weigh in — SCOTUS has agreed to hear the case. Retired Army Capt. Le Roy Torres sued Texas when he was forced to quit his DPS job... | bit.ly

Long (R-MO-7) 01/09/2022: Retweet of @RNCResearch – “TWO YEARS AGO: Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar laughs and jokes around as her colleagues discuss U.S. casualties in Iraq Link to video

Stauber (R-MN-8) 01/09/2022: Retweet of @MNNationalGuard – “Please take a moment today to remember Staff Sgt. James Wosika who was killed Jan. 9, 2007, in Fallujah, Iraq, while serving with the Minnesota National Guard's 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry. (More: Staff Sgt. James M. Wosika Jr. – Minnesota National Guard... | minnesotanationalguard.ng.mil) Link to image


Jewish, Anti-semitism

Bacon (R-NE-2) 01/09/2022: Retweet of @JGreenblattADL – “Today marks seven years since the violent #antisemitic attack on the Parisian kosher store #Hypercacher. Reflecting on my visit to Paris, I reaffirm my passionate commitment to fighting #antisemitism and hate. Link to image

Schatz (D-HI) 01/08/2022: Retweet of @BillKristol – “I know, it's a free country, so I guess Mr. Mastriano is free to appropriate two of the most meaningful elements of Jewish worship, the prayer shawl worn on Shabbat and the shofar sounded on Rosh Hashanah, for his political event. And I'm free to say it's beneath contempt. Link to quoted tweet


Afghanistan

Boebert (R-CO-3) 01/08/2022: Twitter thread – “President Donald Trump was banned from Twitter for supposedly spreading misinformation. Interesting that Joe Biden hasn't been banned given the following: - Falsely claimed that President Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, 'carve you up with a knife'. - Claimed the NAACP has endorsed him every time he's ran, when in fact they don't endorse. - Claimed Trump was the first racist president. - Twisted President Trump's words to make it seem as though called COVID a "new hoax". - Said "You weren't allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War," You were. - Claimed he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act. He wasn't. - Mistook Michigan's COVID numbers for military toll. - Claimed that Trump could've prevented every last COVID death if he had "done his job". - Said there were no courts in session between Sep 20, 2020 & election day, when in fact there were seven scheduled before elections. - Claimed the Trump campaign asked for a list of potential SCOTUS nominees after RBG's passing, when they requested it nine days prior. - Inflated the number of clemency actions from Obama by 16,073. - Falsely claimed funding for community policing was eliminated. - Said he could send every qualified person to a four-year college in their state for $150B." - Incorrectly claimed if minimum wage was indexed to inflation it would be $20/hr - Called Kamala Harris a qualified person. We know how that one turned out. - Claimed no VA Governor has been elected when they're of the same party as the sitting president when Terry McAuliffe was elected during Obama's presidency. - Repeatedly brought up being a tractor-trailer driver when no evidence supports this. - Said the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett during an election year is "not constitutional," when it said no such thing. - Says the boilermaker union endorsed him — they didn't. - Claimed to be sending back the majority of families crossing the border illegally. - Said he could send every qualified person to a four-year college in their state for $150B." - Incorrectly claimed if minimum wage was indexed to inflation it would be $20/hr - Called Kamala Harris a qualified person. We know how that one turned out. - Claimed the 2A limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own. - Claimed the cost of automobiles are back to pre-pandemic prices, they're not. - Said Al-Qaida is "gone" from Afghanistan. And, of course, claiming to been against the war in Afghanistan from the very beginning — he voted to launch the war three days after 9/11. I could go on and on forever, but you get the point. Nearly every word out of Joe Biden's mouth is a lie, just ask his buddy Corn Pop.

Horsford (D-NV-4) 01/08/2022: Tweet – “As the war in Afghanistan came to an end, my office worked long days to bring refugees to safety. Recently, Sonya and I had a chance to meet one of the families that has settled in Nevada. As these new Americans make NV their home, we are proud to welcome them with open arms. Link to image

Owens (R-UT-4) 01/08/2022: Retweet of @KSLcom – “An Afghan family resettled in Salt Lake City with the help of a Utah marine following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. This is their story: 'There is always a picture of him in my memory': How a Utah Marine helped a family escape... | ksl.com   Link to image

Owens (R-UT-4) 01/08/2022: Tweet – “Staff Sgt. Hoover was a hero. Someone who in the midst of chaos continually put others above himself and the impact he had is seen every day. My heart still breaks for his family, but his legacy lives on in the countless lives he touched. Link to quoted tweetAn Afghan family resettled in Salt Lake City with the help of a Utah marine following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. This is their story: ('There is always a picture of him in my memory': How a Utah Marine helped a family escape... | ksl.com) (Link to twitter.com)

Ernst (R-IA) 01/08/2022: Tweet – “American citizens and Afghan allies are still stranded in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.   The Biden administration must get them home or brought to safety. 20,000 Afghan commandos left behind, lawmakers and veterans urge Biden to rescue them... | foxnews.com


Other - Middle East

Omar (D-MN-5) 01/09/2022: Retweet of @AymanM – “For 20 years, Muslim-Americans have lived with the fear if they visited the wrong website or liked a controversial social media post they could face terrorism charges. Meanwhile, we're debating if Americans who attacked Congress and tried to topple our democracy are terrorists?