'I suspect it's pandering to the far left. It looks like election year politics was driving it,' said Rep. Ritchie Torres.
Share on email The internal party dissent adds to the furious broadsides Republican lawmakers have levied at the president.that if Israel invades the Southern Gazan city, he will stop all shipments of offensive weaponry — such as artillery shells and bombs for fighter jetsthe move "makes a mockery of our credibility as an ally," had even more strident criticism for the president in a brief Capitol Hill interview on Wednesday.
"I'd like the president to do right by Israel and recognize that the far left is not representative of the rest of the country."Sen. John Fetterman told Axios: "I strenuously disagree ... We have to stand with our key ally throughout all of this." Rep. Jared Moskowitz said the move is clearly geared towards sending Israel a "message" about their use of force, but "Hamas is also getting the message ... and that means the war is going to go on."Other Democrats voiced support for the pauses and argued that the move was representative of where Democrats increasingly fall on the issue.
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