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>> harris: did he fall into it? a >> richard: when your own lobbyist in washington is saying -- >> harris: that israel respects congress but defended the decision as a free and vibrant democracy, they are open to criticism with one exception. it is really law prohibits entry to israel of those who call for and work to impose boycotts on israel. as do other democracies. people coming to harm the country. >> richard: what aipac said in their statement is they feel everyone should be able to experi...

Would you say yes? >> these members of congress ought to be measured on their record what their comments on. what their obligation is to the -- >> you cant ignore the group. >> i agree with that. its rate has a long prohibit the entry of those who boy cat a boycott and sanction. did she want to go over there and participate in protests or see her grandmother? once she appealed on humanitarian reasons, israel said come in. >> i want to join with the people who want to destroy the state of israel....

Behind the scenes to say their views are not the views of house democrats. now with the action president trump had done, it forced a lot of these house democrats who were uncomfortable with the language and their policy views, that congressman omar and tlaib had taken, to rally behind them. you can get people behind the idea that you shouldnt block lawmakers from entering a country for promoting free speech, but it puts hawkish democrats to have to rally behind their colleagues. >> which is why ...

Itinerary they knew what she was there for. todd: the grandmother. >> she is trying to change the narrative now. thats basically whats going on here and what people need to know and israel is well within its right to deny her that entry. todd: what really stood out to me, sir. you heard a number of republicans, even a aipac israel should let these folks. in to me, like i said earlier, i thought they were winning the pr narrative on that point. when the grandma stuff happened, i felt like they co...

Oppressive conditions meant to humiliate me would break my grandmothers heart. i will not allow the israeli government to humiliate me or my family or take away our right to speak. charlie, i think earlier in the week you heard a lot of republicans, even aipac saying israel should have allowed these two to go in to israel. i think at that point maybe, in some minds, they had the you were hand. upper hand. with a statement like this, how do you think this plays in the middle of the country for la...

Are muslims and they are strong critics of his. doesnt care about the fact that theyre members of the united states congress, allies with the netanyahu say yeah, dont let them in. outrageous, unprecedented. even aipac, even aipac comes out and says this is not a good move. number two -- >> big takeaway, which has been very clear about the fact that they are not on the same side as rashida tlaib. >> not at all. theyre very much on netanyahus side on everything else. but here is the big other take...

And somebody said wow, this guy either really likes donald trump or really hates an american cable news show. like -- i looked at it and shook my head, dude, you dont have to go down in the mud with him. its unusual because, you know, in congress, people joked with me and said any time you want a key to the city of tel aviv, you know, feel free to do it. i have given aipac speeches throughout my life. and its -- as pro israel as anybody gets but, you know, susan del percio, as somebody that love...

It has been congress. they have been giving them aid for years and theyve been very generous with them. israel is saying if you want to visit israel or the territories that we control, which is occupied territories you, have to go through aipac and approve of what were doing. if not, we dont want you there. so theyre throwing democrats under the bus and theyre aligning themselves totally with donald trump and his vision of ethnoreligious project of exclusion and purity. thats what happening toda...

Florida senator marco rubio tweeting "being blocked is what they really hoped for a long period in order to bolster their attacks against the jewish state." president trump, a close ally of netanyahu said today, the prime minister made the right decision. >> president trump: i think if israel allowed them to come in for the normal reasons other than those reasons i really believe that it would be a terrible thing for israel. >> aipac, the political action committee in the business of promoting i...

Exercising its democratic rights, exercising its own autonomy. it makes israel look like its critics claim, like it is not really a democracy, like it is not willing to listen to critics. it makes them seem like they are indifferent to the u.s./israeli relationship. these are members of congress of its closest allies and here they are giving them the back of the hand. they also saiet a terrible precedent because all kinds of countries will seek to exclude all kinds of congress people. and as far...