With nothing to lose, Republicans still put America last

I CANNOT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW THIS BUT MULTIPLE U.S. CITIZENS HAVE DIED IN THE WEST BANK SINCE 2022 AND APPARENTLY THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO GET A REPORT PASSED IN THE SENATE! THE HILL SAYS A RESOLUTION WAS INTRODUCED TO MAKE THE STATE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY TRACK AND REPORT ON ISRAELI VIOLENCE THERE, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE IT HAD BROAD DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT BUT IT FAILED ANYWAY. IT JUST DIED ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED IT DOWN, WHICH IS NUTS. THE ARTICLE SAYS WE ARE JUST SITTING HERE WHILE OUR OWN PEOPLE ARE DYING OVERSEAS AND THE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO EVEN LOOK AT THE DATA ON IT. I DO NOT KNOW THE POLITICAL CALCULATIONS BEHIND IT BUT IT FEELS LIKE ABSOLUTE CHAOS. OK I AM GOING TO GO BE QUIET NOW.

SO BASICALLY THERE WAS THIS SENATE RESOLUTION TRYING TO FORCE THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENCE IN THE WEST BANK WHERE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE 2022, BUT THE REPUBLICANS BLOCKED IT. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? EVEN WITH DEMOCRATS LINING UP TO VOTE YES, THE WHOLE THING TANKED BECAUSE REPUBLICANS SAID NO. THE HILL OPINION PIECE IS CALLING THIS PUTTING AMERICA LAST, WHICH IS FRANKLY A WILD WAY TO DESCRIBE LEGISLATIVE GRIDLOCK BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY WROTE. THEY ARE NOT EVEN PRETENDING TO CARE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THESE DEATHS OR WHY THEY HAPPENED. IT IS JUST A HUGE MESS OF POLICY FIGHTING WHILE PEOPLE ARE DEAD. I AM LITERALLY LOSING MY MIND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC HERE. OK ENOUGH, WHERE ARE YOUR FRIENDS?

A Senate resolution requiring the State Department to report on Israeli violence in the West Bank failed to pass after Republican opposition, despite several U.S. citizen deaths since 2022.

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