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AOC voted against MTG’s amendment to strip Israel funding from the Defense Appropriations Act of 2026 (lemmy.ml)

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So? Her bill is about cutting off money for weapons to Israel not Jewish space lasers.

4 real progressives voted yes.

[+] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz -6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I suppose you could pretend that context and pretext simply don't exist. Poll taxes were just about raising money and English only laws are about government standardization.

I'm also not of the opinion that the people voting for it made a heinous choice either. They were just willing to take questions about MTG's antisemitism in exchange for a minor messaging vote. Nothing anyone did here is important. AOC has put out statements much more critical of Israel than being vote 7 on a muddled messaging bill.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

AOC is voting to send weapons to a genocide here. You deem that optically worse than voting for an amendement against it because the person who filed the amendement is antisemitic?

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

AOC is literally enabling genocide with this act.