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And many cases right wing hawkish support of israel, thats the point of view, very legitimate, but very much on the right, they say this is the stupidest thing in the world, that trump was totally wrong to do this. he shouldnt be stopping the two women of the democratic left from going in israel. they shouldnt be doing that because they look like theyre working for trump. they working for trump. >> they are. it was a strong statement by aipac. but you rattle off the names of a few republicans. m...

Whether it was likud or labor, this is what a democracy is. but i just think this is one giant diversion. trump doesnt want to talk about the coming recession which might be upon us. he doesnt want to talk about a volatile stock market, jeffrey epsteins death that happened on the trump administrations watch over the bureau of prisons, and the trade war thats a disaster and terrible poll numbers. so what does he do? he goes back to bashing people of color. its outrageous, completely outrageous, a...

Aipac, is reacting as well. "we disagree with representatives omar and tlaibs support for the anti-israel and anti-peace bds movement along with tlaibs calls for a one state solution. we also believe every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally, israel, first hand." thats just in from the american israel public affairs committee. he signed for just a second. trey yingst is in that part of the world to bring us up to speed. what is the immediate reaction whe...

Within both parties about the u.s.-israel allowance. >> harris: real quickly, this is the 2020 presidential election issue. i say that because you are starting to see candidates weigh in on this. because it is. i think ultimately the u.s. should stay out of this and let the israelis speak for themselves about why they did this. to let the members respond in kind. >> harris: real quickly, too, i mentioned earlier as i was talking with the audience about things that were kind of popping off, aipac...

Organizations have said we dont like what these two women have said but they ought to be able, a.b., to go to israel and see for themselves. >> right. even the democrats in the house who are jewish and taken great offense to some of the things these two members have said in particular, have also expressed solidarity with them being legislators from separate but coequal branch of the government of the u.s. who should be invited into the democracy of an allied government. the president does not se...

Were doing what 70 other members of congress actually did just over the past two weeks which is go to israel on what is often called a fact finding mission for incoming freshman members of congress. they go on the ground and see the conflict up close and this trip traditionally a congressional delegation, in this case is usually sponsored by aipac or other associations or organizations in which they bring them, meet with the israeli government officials, meet with palestinian government official...

Targets the state of israel. they say it is an existential threat to the state of israel and by doing so they cant support it. it goes beyond the issue of free speech for them. it has been challenged in american courts. we are going way deep into the nuances but it is important to understand because the way a lot of people are positioning this is it is about free speech. you have two american members of congress who are saying they take a certain policy position to try to end an ongoing conflict...

There are already for shears that they are able to be repaired. i dont find it surprising at all that aipac would be out there trying to mend fences at a relatively tense time. >> harris: jonathan schanzer, senior vice president for research at the foundation for defense of democracies, great to get your expertise and time today. thank you. we have a lot happening this hour. lets get to philly. a shocking scene there, where police were heckled and pelted with objects while dealing with that shoo...

They moved a resolution and much of that was to do about this new movement of this new socialist democratic. look at bernie sanders, look at kamala harris, wouldnt even go to the aipac meeting this year inside washington. unheard of in the process thats been going forward. a number of democrats that still stand with israel, but this new socialist democrat group has a much different belief. >> bret: axios is reporting that the president told american advisors, including senior administration offi...

Rhetoric because it causes deep harm. >> julie: the comments made about israel and some have accused her of being anti-semitic. those are hateful comments as well it. does not make it right for her to turn and for the president to then turn and say something like go back to your country either. they are both wrong. >> nancy pelosi also said at aipac that the bds movement is a dangerous, big gouted movement and thats something that you have representative omar introducing a resolution to spearhea...