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”.

  • dastanktal@lemmy.ml
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    12 days ago

    You’re such a coward.

    Couldn’t answer the very simple question of how restricting funding to Israel is endorsing a genocide or justifying murder.

    I was entirely right in my prediction of your response in my last comment. This is an excellent example of a red herring fallacy and a great way to try and avoid answering the above question.

    A lot of people see all the genocide as 100% justified

    This yours? 🙄

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      12 days ago

      I never said it did. There’s your answer.

      This yours? 🙄

      Like I said, you missed literally the only point I was making. And you’re not interested in changing that.

      Keep being angry at nothing.

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        12 days ago

        Would you mind reading the username there?

        Wow. Eptiome of honor here. I bow to your “holy” presence.

        Definitely not a cowardly intellectually dishonest sophist.

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            12 days ago

            Still not an answer to the question. One that you posed.

            I see you’re dodging your own quotation.

            A lot of people see all the genocide as 100% justified

            Who cares how much support there is for a genocide? why even bring that up? I’m 100% sure you won’t answer this either.

            Do you think all consequences of aggressors are justified?

            I think imposing any consequences on the aggressors of a genocide would be a good start.

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              12 days ago

              I care. I don’t want any support for genocide. Because then you get genocide.

              Do you think all consequences for the aggressor are justified?