Rep. Randy Fine, a heavily pro-Israel Florida Republican, said Vice President Vance’s warning to Israel not to alienate the only ally they have left, were “absolutely inappropriate and frankly disgusting.” “”If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world,” Vice President Vance said during a WH briefing on Thursday. “To some of these cabinet members in Israel who are attacking the president of the United States, the other thing that I would say is that over the last three months, two-thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected your homeland have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars.” “Israel was not created by the United States; it is not funded by the United States, except in some small way,” Fine said. “It was created from the blood, sweat, and tears of the Jewish people coming out of the holocaust.” Israel’s fighting Hezbollah too long, and too many people are being killed,” President Trump said Tuesday at the G7 meeting. “Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon.” “JD Vance would be wise to come and learn his history,” Rep. Randy Fine said. His comments today were completely out of line.” “My response to them would be, what is your exact proposal? And, you know, you’re a country of 9 million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have,” Vance said during an interview with NYT’s Ross Douthat.
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