Members on the Record (Automated) for Mon November 28, 2022

Israel - Palestine

Casten (D-IL-6) 11/28/2022: Twitter thread – “Opposing white supremacy and antisemitism doesn't make you a leader. It is damned close to a bare-minimum requirement of US public service. And yet it is too high a bar for @GOP so-called leadership. Link to quoted tweet5. ZERO members of GOP leadership in the House & Senate have spoken out about Trump's dinner with a white supremacist: @LeaderMcConnell @SenJohnThune @SenJohnBarrasso @SenCapito @SteveScalise @RepJimBanks @RepTomEmmer @EliseStefanik @RepRichHudson (Normalizing white supremacy... | popular.info) This in particular is a damning (if all too predictable) non-response from the weakest man in DC, @kevinomccarthy. Brave Sir Kevin will always run downwind, and as long as his caucus is full of white supremacists, he'll be right there with them. Link to image A final comment: during the Trump era, whenever he said something anti-Semitic you could count on his Congressional enablers to post "I STAND WITH ISRAEL" signs - because Zionism is too often the way anti-Semitism is hidden in DC. Will be on the lookout for new signs this week.”

Iran

Cornyn (R-TX) 11/28/2022: Tweet – “via @NYTimes Iranian Weapons Built With Western Semiconductors Despite Sanctions... | nytimes.com”

Gonzales (R-TX-23) 11/27/2022: Tweet – “Free Iran Link to image”

Gooden (R-TX-5) 11/28/2022: Tweet – “The Chinese people are standing up to Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy. Iranians are protesting the regime's women's rights abuses. Ukrainians are destroying Putin's army. Freedom is winning across the globe.”

Himes (D-CT-4) 11/27/2022: Tweet – “Good point. Link to quoted tweetRussia: Losing a war to a country 1/4 its size Iran: Massive protests China: Increasing protests, sputtering economy U.S.: Record low unemployment, election deniers lost midterms Europe, Japan, Korea: Economically resilient, politically stable Liberalism on its last legs, huh?”

Morocco

Kinzinger (R-IL-16) 11/27/2022: Retweet of @visegrad24 – “International press reports that Belgian fans are rioting in Brussels after Belgium lost 2-0 to Morocco at the World Cup in Qatar an hour ago. Videos seem to suggest that it is rather Moroccan fans who are rioting. Link to video”

Jewish, Anti-semitism

Beyer (D-VA-8) 11/28/2022: Tweet – “Two House Republicans also have chosen to associate with Fuentes: Reps. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Kevin McCarthy's response was a promise to reward them with committee assignments if he becomes Speaker of the House. Link to quoted tweetDonald Trump, the leader of the Republican Party, had dinner at Mar-A-Lago this week with white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes: (Link to twitter.com)”

Cleaver (D-MO-5) 11/28/2022: Tweet – “It is more than “troubling” to see the former President and leader of the Republican party keeping company with an avowed White Nationalist and Holocaust denier. It's despicable and must be unequivocally condemned by every elected official. Link to quoted tweetFormer President Trump is facing backlash from his own party after hosting the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago: “It's very troubling.” (Trump dined with Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, adviser says... | cbsn.ws) (Link to twitter.com)”

Cruz (R-TX) 11/27/2022: Tweet – “Now do Biden giving the eulogy—just 11 years ago—for KKK “exalted cyclops” Robert Byrd. Here's Byrd & Biden shortly earlier: Link to image   Link to quoted tweetWhite House statement on Trump dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes: “Bigotry, hate and anti-Semitism have absolutely no place in America, including at Mar-a-Lago. Holocaust denial is repugnant and dangerous, and it must be forcefully condemned.” See, Donald—it's NOT hard.”

Espaillat (D-NY-13) 11/28/2022: Twitter thread – “This moment feels different—we cannot normalize antisemitism. It must never be tolerated and can never be viewed as normal. Este momento se siente diferente ―no podemos normalizar el antisemitismo. Este nunca debe ser tolerado y nunca puede ser visto como normal.”

Gallego (D-AZ-7) 11/27/2022: Tweet – “Replace Soros with the word Jews and then read this tweet out loud. If this doesn't disturb you it should. Thank you to every Dem, Republican and Independent that voted against this anti- Semite. Link to quoted tweet1.2m Arizonans voted for this to be our Secretary of State. Come on man. (Link to twitter.com)”

Gomez (D-CA-34) 11/27/2022: Retweet of @RepSwalwell – “It's official: after nearly a week since it happened, @GOPLeader McCarthy will not condemn Trump for dining with a Jew-hating Holocaust denier. We gave you a chance, Kevin. So from here on out you're to be called #KKKevinMcCarthy Twitter, do your thing.”

Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) 11/28/2022: Tweet – “I'm disgusted and appalled by former President Trump's recent dinner with Kanye West, who has spread antisemitism, and known Holocaust denier and white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Promoting these individuals is inexcusable. We must always condemn bigotry, racism, and antisemitism.”

Jackson Lee (D-TX-18) 11/27/2022: Tweet – “There should be a mass condemnation of this horrific and senseless meeting that only shows the world the worst elements of this nation and does not represent the goodness of this nation that we celebrated this past Thanksgiving weekend. However, using the First Amendment as a shield against the condemnation of hateful actions and hateful speech is unacceptable and should not be tolerated. It saddens me that individuals with these beliefs are able to meet with a former President of the United States when our country is grounded on the foundations of our Constitution, which includes equal protection under the law; anti discrimination and yes the First Amendment. Condemnation of Trump's meeting with Anti-Semitic Leader Link to image”

Jackson Lee (D-TX-18) 11/27/2022: Twitter thread – “Condemnation of Trump's meeting with Anti-Semitic Leader Link to image I call on my Republican Colleagues, as we enter a new transition in leadership of the House of Representatives, for two things: first, to seek ways to work on behalf of the American people together with Democrats; second, to recognize that this is a time to speak truth to power. There should be a resounding choir of Republican voices that condemn the meeting of the former president of the United States with Nick Fuentes, a conspicuously open, proud anti-Semitic, and racist leader, and unfortunately, with Mr. Kanye West as part of that entourage. It saddens me that individuals with these beliefs are able to get to meet with a former United States President when our country is grounded on the foundations of our Constitution, which includes equal protection under the law; anti-discrimination; and, yes, the First Amendment. However, using the First Amendment as a shield against the condemnation of hateful actions and hateful speech is unacceptable and should not be tolerated. There should be a mass condemnation of this horrific and senseless meeting that only shows the world the worst elements of this nation and does not represent the goodness of this nation that we celebrated this past Thanksgiving weekend. I, for one, will not be silent, it is a fact that your words can hurt, and your words can kill, and the words and actions of this bold anti-Semite and racist will continue to generate threats to the lives of many Americans. Enough is enough!”

Kinzinger (R-IL-16) 11/27/2022: Tweet – “You mean, like, the Jews or something? Is that what this is? Link to quoted tweet@neontaster Vindman is both puppet & puppeteer. Question is who pulls his strings … ?”

Malinowski (D-NJ-7) 11/27/2022: Retweet of @BillKristol – ““Spokespeople for nearly two dozen House and Senate Republicans—including party leaders, co-chairs of caucuses and task forces focused on Judaism or antisemitism and sponsors of legislation to combat hate crimes—did not respond to requests for comment.” GOP lawmakers hushed on Trump's dinner with white nationalist... | axios.com”

Nadler (D-NY-10) 11/28/2022: Tweet – “Even as some of Trump's closest Jewish allies have harshly condemned him for dining with rabid anti-semites, still total silence from 100% of the incoming @HouseGOP majority. Not a one of them has spoken out against this. 100% complicity.”

Nadler (D-NY-10) 11/28/2022: Tweet – “Rabbi Prinz's March on Washington speech: When I was the rabbi of the Jewish community…under the Hitler regime, I learned…that bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problem. The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful & the most tragic problem is silence. Link to quoted tweetEven as some of Trump's closest Jewish allies have harshly condemned him for dining with rabid anti-semites, still total silence from 100% of the incoming @HouseGOP majority. Not a one of them has spoken out against this. 100% complicity.”

Nadler (D-NY-10) 11/28/2022: Retweet of @RepJoshG – “I'm disgusted and appalled by former President Trump's recent dinner with Kanye West, who has spread antisemitism, and known Holocaust denier and white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Promoting these individuals is inexcusable. We must always condemn bigotry, racism, and antisemitism.”

Pascrell (D-NJ-9) 11/27/2022: Tweet – “Not a single powerful elected republican in America has unequivocally condemned their leader trump hanging out with a prominent neo nazi and Holocaust denier because republican party leaders are ok with vile antisemitism if it helps them win elections. Link to quoted tweetTo me, the story here isn't how a prominent pusher of hate against Jewish people ended up at a table with Trump. The story is the response of so many so far in a party that could nominate him: a shrug or indifference. All as many shrug or ignore his nods toward Q Anon conspiracy.”

Pascrell (D-NJ-9) 11/28/2022: Tweet – “It's been 72 hours since we learned the leader of the republican party had dinner with a leading neo nazi and Holocaust denier and not a single prominent republican has unequivocally condemned trump - not one.”

Schatz (D-HI) 11/27/2022: Retweet of @axios – “Republican lawmakers have largely remained silent in the wake of Trump's dinner with antisemitic rapper Ye and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, reviving a tactic they frequently relied on during his presidency. GOP lawmakers hushed on Trump's dinner with white nationalist... | trib.al”

Swalwell (D-CA-15) 11/27/2022: Tweet – “It's official: after nearly a week since it happened, @GOPLeader McCarthy will not condemn Trump for dining with a Jew-hating Holocaust denier. We gave you a chance, Kevin. So from here on out you're to be called #KKKevinMcCarthy Twitter, do your thing.”

Swalwell (D-CA-15) 11/28/2022: Retweet of @Morning_Joe – “White House denounces Trump's dinner with Holocaust denier White House denounces Trump's dinner with Holocaust denier... | on.msnbc.com”

Torres (D-NY-15) 11/27/2022: Retweet of @RitchieTorres – “Kanye West is promoting a video that features Nick Fuentes—an avowed white supremacist who denies the Holocaust and demonizes people of color. This is dangerous, @elonmusk.”

Afghanistan

Meijer (R-MI-3) 11/28/2022: Retweet of @elliotackerman – ““Without congressional action, the tens of thousands of Afghans we evacuated to the United States may be deported in the coming year, and very few in Washington seem to be talking about it.” My latest for ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩ The Next Afghan-Refugee Crisis Is Right Here in the U.S.... | theatlantic.com”