'Beyond Comprehension': Cindy Hyde-Smith Tees Off On Kamala Harris For Skipping Netanyahu Address

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During a Senate GOP press briefing, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) tore into Vice President Kamala Harris for not attending Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress.

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00:00I just want to say how much I appreciate my colleagues that you've heard from.

00:05That we're unified on this because this is the right thing to do.

00:12I look forward to welcoming the Prime Minister this afternoon.

00:17And let's be very clear, the U.S.-Israeli partnership is critical to U.S. security.

00:25How simple can this be?

00:28And I want it known that the Senate Republicans remain firmly by Israel's side, even as the

00:37Biden-Harris administration fails in their duties to do this.

00:44I'm like Senator Mullins.

00:45I can't answer this.

00:47It makes no sense whatsoever.

00:51Israel has every right to defend itself against enemies that threatens its pure existence.

00:58The unprovoked attack on October the 7th, unprovoked.

01:05One of the hardest things that I've had to do as a U.S. Senator is watch the uncut, unfiltered

01:14footage of that attack, of a child sitting in the high chair while his mother was reaching

01:21in the refrigerator to get him something, watching his mother be murdered from the high

01:28chair.

01:30This is real.

01:33This is a real experience we're going through.

01:36You may read about things.

01:38This is reality of what's happening right now.

01:43How we cannot stand with Israel is beyond any comprehension that I could have.

01:50I have met with a lot of these families.

01:53They've come over.

01:54We've had these discussions.

01:56It's things you will never forget in your lifetime.

02:02And not only is the administration failing these American citizens right here that you

02:07see on this poster, it's failing to protect the American citizens domestically as well.

02:16As we're here today, hearing the protesters outside of our door, I feel so sorry for these

02:22Jewish students who are afraid to walk across campus, who are afraid to go to class.

02:31That is a sad day in this country when we are having this.

02:36And they are truly experiencing this.

02:40And it's our job to protect these students.

02:45I mean, we know what turning our back on Israel is doing.

02:49It is totally enfolding our adversaries, something that this administration excels at.

02:58By Vice President Harris not being here tells me all I need to know about her, and it should

03:05tell the American people all that they need to know about her as well.

03:11Political games with the lives and the well-being of Israelis and Americans is just a failure.

03:19But it's reflected in the state and of the world around us.

03:23It is just hard to comprehend that you've got these people standing here behind me,

03:30unified as the Republicans, and the other side of the aisle, really?

03:35You cannot defend Israel?

03:37Really?

03:38That is just beyond belief.

03:42Mississippians didn't send me here to turn my back on Israel.

03:48And I will continue to work with these great, strong colleagues that I have behind me as

03:54our ally in the Middle East, at home, and abroad.

03:59And I would look forward to the day our President does the same thing that we're doing.

'Beyond Comprehension': Cindy Hyde-Smith Tees Off On Kamala Harris For Skipping Netanyahu Address

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