Upper Peninsula Congressman Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) detailed the failings of the Biden Administration leading up to the heinous attacks on our ally, Israel, in a radio interview. From the $6 Billion “bad business deal” of prisoner exchange funds for Iran, to the feckless non-response from the White House when confronted with Quatar’s insidious money-funneling, Bergman chastised the Administration for their dereliction of duty.
Meanwhile, Bergman introduced a resolution on Wednesday to censure Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) for her “antisemitism and disgraceful response to the attacks on our ally, Israel”.
He cited Tlaib’s “longstanding history of antisemitic and racist rhetoric toward Israel cannot go unchecked.” In further denouncing the Michigan Democrat’s hateful rhetoric,
“As Hamas terrorists beheaded infants, paraded dead Jewish teenagers through town, and attacked innocent concert goers in the most deadly day for Jews since the Holocaust, Rep. Rashida Tlaib chose to place the blame solely on Israel and the Jewish people.
“There is no moral equivalence between Israel defending itself and Hamas attacking innocent Israeli civilians. Tlaib’s long history of anti-Semitic tropes and blatant anti-Jewish propaganda is both disturbing and evil – and should have no place in the halls of Congress.”
Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) joined with Bergman in introducing the resolution:
“Hamas terrorists have raped and murdered women, beheaded Jewish babies, burned Jewish children alive and killed Americans, yet Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib refused to condemn the evil, brutal attacks. Worse, she justified their vile actions and called Israel an “apartheid state,” placing blame on Israel for the barbarism of these terrorists,” said Congressman Morgan Luttrell. “There should be zero tolerance for this atrocious antisemitism in America, especially in the halls of Congress.”
You can watch the full video here or read the resolution here.
Meanwhile, in an interview on Detroit’s WJR radio, Bergman called out the Biden Administration on how it handled thos situation.
The message that Iran and Hamas basically sent, and have always sent, is ‘it’s our way or the highway’. They don’t recognize Israel…and the hatred there drives the message.” He also underscored an element of this crisis that is being largely overlooked by the media, but is still a key aspect of our bureaucratic enabling of Iran and Hamas:
“The Biden Administration has allowed Quatar to play kind of a behind-the-scenes middleman role on the banking and all of the transfer of funds – that $6 Billion – and there is worse than nefarious activity on the part of the Qatari banks…thanks to the Biden Administration’s spineless approach to a tough situation that can affect the entire world, especially now with entities like China and Russia looking on to see what’s happening.”
In denouncing the antisemitic rhetoric from some in Congress, Rep. Bergman asserted that those in the House of Representatives who choose to be mouthpieces for agents of this violence shouldn’t be elected, as everyone who serves in Congress must put the best interests of the American People first. Moreover, he concluded, “We as the United States need to do two things: prepare for our own defense and number two – to help the defense of others who are our allies who are at risk of a closer threat, as we’re seeing in Israel right now.”
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