Pro-Israel Republicans See What They Want To See In Trump's Skepticism Of Gaza War
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GOP senators mostly found creative ways to avoid criticizing the former president.
WASHINGTON ― Republican senators promise they haven’t heard about former President Donald Trump’s cosmetic concerns about Israel’s invasion of Gaza.
And if they have, maybe he meant something totally different? Maybe his concerns were wholly correct? Or even mostly wrong?
HuffPost asked nine GOP senators earlier this week about Trump’s comments, in which he insisted images of the war were costing Israel support. Their responses ― or lack thereof ― speak to the creativity with which GOP lawmakers address disagreements with the de facto leader of their party, even eight years after he emerged as a major political force.
In a late March interview with the right-wing Israeli outlet, Israel Hayom, Trump urged Israel to “finish up your war,” because the images of death and destruction in Gaza are costing “Israel a lot of support.” More than 33,000 Palestinians have died in Israel’s invasion, and the U.S. government believes the region is facing a famine.
Given a chance to walk back his remarks, Trump doubled down in an early April interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show, a popular conservative radio program.
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