Harris skipping Netanyahu address shows daylight with Biden on Israeli leader
Harris skipping Netanyahu address shows daylight with Biden on Israeli leader
She already had an event planned in Indiana today... One that was scheduled before Bibi said he was coming.
And isn't she meeting with him personally as soon as she gets back?
Anyone will be less supportive than Joe. But she still takes AIPAC money too.
Yes, everything you said is 100% true. But hopefully this is the first of many future departures on her part from the prior administration's coziness with Bibi's regime and war.
I think she'll end up governing like Obama.
Lots of progressive talk and it'll sound amazing, but not really accomplish enough.
Which I mean, it's the best we had since Obama... We just have to be loud early that we get a real competitive primary next year. Not some bullshit where no one runs or everyone drops 24hr before Super Tuesday and endorses the party favorite.
Historically for Dems we get the best turnout after competitive primaries. And the worst when voters feel they have no say in it.
We need to look at the primary as an advertisement for the eventual candidate. That's the whole point, getting out there and selling your plans to the people.
"The purpose of having Netanyahu address Congress is to bolster his political standing in Israel and to quell international opposition to his war. I don’t feel like being a prop so I won’t be attending.”
— Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), on X.
Terrible person accidentally correct, more at 11
Thomas Massie is the only Republican that has been consistently based when it comes to israel.
Massie voted against a resolution the House passed last week that affirmed Israel's right to exist, citing language in the resolution that he said equated anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
Still awful on many other subjects but surprisingly better than almost all of congress when it comes to not being a Genocide puppet so give the man credit where it's due.
Sorry I’m super tired and this title is fucking with me…. ‘Shows daylight with Biden’ what? What does that mean?
I think "showing daylight" is a metaphor for there being space between two things or ideas. So in a sense her and Biden's views on Israel are not conjoined, hence "daylight" can be seen between them, like slats in a fence.
This makes sense thanks for the explanation 🙏 - also realised that the phrasing of the headline tripped me up. It says Harris shows daylight ‘with’ Biden which i think is completely the wrong word to use there, but i suppose they had written themselves into a corner by insisting on starting the sentence with ‘Harris’
It's a weird idiom: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight between
I feel like they’ve butchered it as well - surely this phrase needs to take the form of ‘daylight’ (or not) between x and y? Use of ‘with’ tripped me up - daylight with Biden? I guess they meant that Harris skipping the address ‘showed daylight’ between her and Biden on this issue, but i would give them an F for phrasing tbh. Complete trainwreck if you ask me.
Difference of opinion - like some space between them