At a press briefing at the US Embassy in Jerusalem on Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had a testy exchange with a Newsmax reporter asking Democratic Senators about the statements of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
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00:00 - Thank you.
00:01 Can you turn that, thank you.
00:04 Daniel Cohen, I'm the Jerusalem correspondent for Newsmax.
00:08 I wanna say thank you for being here.
00:10 My family lives here.
00:12 I made Aliyah two years ago, so this is personal.
00:14 I know many people were sent from the United States
00:16 and there's international press from around the world,
00:18 and I heard every single one of you
00:21 voicing your support for Israel fervently, stridently,
00:26 and I heard that and I received that into my heart,
00:29 and so on behalf of my family and people,
00:31 I'm an American and an Israeli citizen, I say thank you.
00:34 But it starts at home, and I'd like to ask
00:36 any Democrat senator here that would like to speak
00:38 to Rashida Tlaib, she still has a tweet up
00:42 condemning Israel for a hospital attack.
00:44 - Stop.
00:46 - It's not a-- - No.
00:48 - It's a fair question, Senator Graham.
00:50 - We are here together, not to talk about the problems
00:55 at home, which are many.
00:57 - It's a fair question, Senator.
00:59 - I've got my own view of what to say.
01:01 You're not gonna screw this up.
01:03 - I'm not trying to screw it up.
01:03 - Get this guy out of here.
01:05 Now let me tell you. - I live here.
01:06 I'm an Israeli.
01:07 I want an answer to the question, please.
01:08 - I'm an American.
01:09 - And I am too.
01:10 - And I believe in free speech.
01:12 I don't believe what the squad has to say at all.
01:16 But I came here with Democrats and Republicans
01:19 to let everybody in the world know,
01:22 don't judge every Democrat by the squad,
01:25 and don't judge every Republican
01:26 by some of the things you hear.
01:29 Where the House-- - No comment.
01:31 - Yeah, where the House, they'll get their act together,
01:33 but we need to do our job.
01:36 We need to do our job in the Senate.
01:37 We need to pass a bill that will help Israel, help Ukraine.
01:41 That's at least what I think.
01:42 I think the House will show up.
01:44 And I'm sorry, my friend, I probably shouldn't have said it,
01:46 but my nerves are raw right now.
01:48 - Okay, wait, give him an answer.
01:50 - Yeah, okay, last question.
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