Mitch McConnell Slams 'Hamas Apologists' In Congress For Boycotting Netanyahu Speech

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During remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress.

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00:00Now, on an entirely different matter, yesterday I was proud to attend a joint meeting of Congress

00:06and listen to Prime Minister Netanyahu's message from Israel to America.

00:12He reminded us of our nation's deep friendship, of the savagery of our shared enemies, of

00:19the sacrifices brave Israelis are making to combat them on behalf of the entire free world,

00:27and of the earning, enduring importance of American leadership.

00:33It was a powerful address.

00:35I wish more of our colleagues had heard it, but those who needed to hear it the most were

00:41otherwise occupied.

00:44Vice President Harris was on the campaign trail.

00:49Most of the Hamas apologists in Congress boycotted it.

00:54And of course, a mob of far-left terrorist sympathizers was too busy vandalizing our

01:00nation's capital to tune in.

01:04The lawless behavior of frenzied radicals in our own country over the past 36 hours

01:12only underscores the challenge facing the world's only Jewish state.

01:19When the Jewish people try to live in peace in their homeland, they are murdered in their beds.

01:25When Jewish students try to go to class, their classmates and professors lock arms to block

01:33their way.

01:35And when the leader of Israel comes to Washington, the same useful idiots and terrorist fifth

01:41columns clear their schedules to sow chaos.

01:47On Tuesday night, criminals vandalized the hotel where Prime Minister Netanyahu was staying,

01:54scattered crickets across hallways, covered a dinner table with maggots, and pulled the

02:02fire alarm.

02:04Outside, unhinged Hamasniks screamed, quote, we're going to kill all of you.

02:14Then, after vandalizing private property, radical organizers called another play, vandalizing

02:21federal property, tearing down and burning the American flag that flew over Columbus

02:28Circle and the Union Station, defacing public monuments with terrorist screeds, and lest

02:37anyone doubt their seriousness, burning the Prime Minister in effigy.

Mitch McConnell Slams 'Hamas Apologists' In Congress For Boycotting Netanyahu Speech

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