Last updated on Sat August 13, 2022 at 12:45 PM Washington DC time.
Israel - Palestine
Rubio (R-FL) 08/12/2022: Tweet – “Spent time today with @RJC to discuss the important of the U.S.-Israel alliance, the threat posed by Iran and our efforts to save the American dream Link to image”
Schneider (D-IL-10) 08/12/2022: Retweet of @USJewishDems – “🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨 Rep @Schneider4IL10 consistently works on behalf of working families, protecting Social Security & advocating for the middle class. He defended our community by leading on the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, strongly supports Israel & shares our values. Link to image”
Weber (R-TX-14) 08/13/2022: In reply to TweetWhen you love someone, you do everything you can to keep them safe. This Tu B'Av—Jewish festival of love—we confess our love for the country we serve. We will continue protecting you, day and night ;) (Link to twitter.com) – “@IDF Israel: the Apple of GOD's eye! Zech 2:8! We love Israel & the Jewish people! Thank you @IDF for protecting both!”
Iran
Bacon (R-NE-2) 08/12/2022: In reply to TweetCongressman @RepDonBacon, we are respectfully inviting you and your staff to join us today on grounds of @uscapitol at 12:30 pm EST, commemorate the memory & legacy of 30,000 executed during #1988Massacre in Iran. #NoVisa4Raisi #No2Appeasement (Link to twitter.com) – “@IAC_NE @uscapitol I'm sorry I missed.”
Cornyn (R-TX) 08/12/2022: Tweet – “The #1 state sponsor of terrorism plots the murder of a former presidential security advisor, and POTUS Biden…doesn't do anything except continue to cut bad deals. Alleged Iranian murder plot complicates Biden's path to nuclear deal Alleged Iranian murder plot complicates Biden's path to nuclear deal... | politi.co via @politico”
Cotton (R-AR) 08/12/2022: Tweet – “Iran's leaders have been calling for the murder of Salman Rushdie for decades. We know they're trying to assassinate American officials today. Biden needs to immediately end negotiations with this terrorist regime.”
Cruz (R-TX) 08/12/2022: Retweet of @omriceren – “Khamenei has been using Twitter for a decade to incite terrorism, including explicitly vs Rushdie. Here's a Feb 2020 letter from @SenTedCruz warning them they're violating US law. And also their response, saying it'd be "antithetical to the purpose" of Twitter to remove him. Link to image”
Roy (R-TX-21) 08/12/2022: Retweet of @VictoriaCoates – “To float this concession to the IRGC just days after their murderous plots against former senior US officials were revealed is a disgrace: EU proposes lifting pressure on Iran's Revolutionary Guards to revive nuclear deal... | politico.eu”
Roy (R-TX-21) 08/13/2022: Retweet of @HeshmatAlavi – “"The motive for the attack is under investigation, but authorities have already focused on those apparent sympathies with an IRGC, which has been labeled a terrorist organization by the United States." #SalmanRushdie #Iran Author Salman Rushdie attacked before lecture in western New York... | nbcnews.com”
Rubio (R-FL) 08/12/2022: Tweet – “Iran has offered a bounty to anyone who assassinates Salman Rushdie Today he was stabbed in America Why is Biden still negotiating a “deal” with these terrorists in Tehran? Salman Rushdie attacked in N.Y.... | axios.com #axiospm”
Weber (R-TX-14) 08/12/2022: Tweet – “Secretary Blinken must deny U.S. entry visa for Iranian regime president Ebrahim Raisi, a well-documented murderer. We must not afford such a predator the privilege of stepping onto U.S. soil or the legitimacy of addressing the United Nations. Opinion | No Visa for Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi”
Wicker (R-MS) 08/12/2022: Tweet – “China is threatening Taiwan. Russia is invading its neighbor. Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon. Our military is suffering a recruiting crisis. But @POTUS and military leaders insist on vaccine mandates and woke politics. This is not the path to keeping Americans safe.”
Iraq
Blumenthal (D-CT) 08/12/2022: Retweet of @ABCNewsLive – “.@SenBlumenthal on Pres. Biden signing the PACT act, expanding health care benefits for veterans: "Millions of our nation's heroes, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and were exposed to these toxic chemicals, will now receive care and benefits, that they deserved long ago." Link to video”
Afghanistan
Grassley (R-IA) 08/12/2022: Retweet of @ChuckGrassley – “Tour/Q&a at Sullivan Supply in Dunlap w 36ppl issues: bipartisanship IRS agents FBI oversight ethanol Afghanistan privacy small biz mfg in America etc #99countymeetings Link to image”
McCaul (R-TX-10) 08/13/2022: Retweet of @FaceTheNation – “Rep. McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Cmte., will unveil a new report on the aftermath of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan We'll ask about the report and what's next as we approach the one-year anniversary of Afghanistan's collapse Sunday at 10:30a E.T. Link to image”
Tuberville (R-AL) 08/12/2022: Tweet – “The Taliban is growing stronger, and Afghanistan is harboring terrorists. Meanwhile, not one Biden admin official, @StateDept mastermind, or general—all of whom promised the American people Afghanistan wouldn't collapse—has been held accountable for the debacle.”