Schumer justifies congressional invite to Netanyahu amid liberal outrage
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Sen. Chuck Schumer offered an explanation for his controversial inclusion on an invitation to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress next month.
"But because America’s relationship with Israel is ironclad and transcends one person or prime minister, I joined the request for him to speak," he said. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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The majority leader's statement came on the heels of a date being announced for Netanyahu's joint address to Congress. The Israeli leader will deliver remarks to the lawmakers on July 24, ahead of the August recess.