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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defends decision to support military aid for Israel (www.middleeasteye.net)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33487836

By MEE staff
Published date: 21 July 2025 21:11 BST

The New York lawmaker voted against an amendment by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene last week that sought to block $500m in Congress' annual defence spending bill for Israel's Iron Dome programme.

Fellow Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar [as well as Democrats Al Green of Texas, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky - PL] had supported Taylor Greene's amendment, which eventually lost in a 422-6 vote.

In a post on X on Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Greene's amendment did "nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza".

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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also the bill was brought forth by Marjorie Taylor Greene; almost by definition you have to vote against that.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

If she had voted for the amendment, the same people would be just as upset.