12-12-2017 Why Are Democratic Senators Enabling One Of Trump’s Worst Decisions? – Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin Forward

https://forward.com/scribe/389795/why-are-democratic-senators-enabling-one-of-trumps-worst-decisions/

President Trump's announcement stating that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and directing the State Department to begin moving the embassy sparked anger and protests across the world.  One would think that Democrats would be be jumping at the chance to hammer Trump for his reckless plans that violate international law and needlessly add more fuel to the fires raging in the Middle East…On the Senate side, Senators Bernie Sanders and Dianne Feinstein put out strong statements of opposition. Senators Warren, Brown and Murphy showed mild opposition, saying that diplomacy should determine the final status of the city, but agreeing that Jerusalem is Israel's capital. Senators Durbin, Booker and Blumenthal expressed concern that the move would cause violence but none of them put out statements of condemnation afterwards….The vast majority of the nation's 535 members of Congress, however, gave no response at all to this critical announcement or were outright enthusiastic...

 

 

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