Sen. Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) is calling on President Biden and his administration to clarify their stance on Hamas following Biden’s State of the Union address.
In a conversation with NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Mr. He pointed out a passage.
“I literally almost fell out of my seat,” Graham said. “Is the president saying that if Hamas releases the hostages, he can remain in power? Will that end the conflict?” Graham said before Trump, who is likely to be Biden’s opponent in the November election. “We believe there is no room for negotiation when it comes to Hamas. Hamas must be destroyed militarily and we cannot hold them accountable,” the president said.
“Today I challenge the Biden administration to fix this problem,” Graham said. “We cannot allow Hamas to remain in power. We cannot allow Hamas to have six brigades to do October 7 again.”
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Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks with members of the media as he arrives on the Senate Metro during voting at the U.S. Capitol on February 7, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Welker said Biden has also said in the past that he supports this position.
Graham also criticized Biden for “missing the boat” by focusing on what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should do, rather than Hamas and its supporter Iran.
“Israel has not killed American soldiers,” Graham said. “Iran is acting through their proxies. That’s why I urge President Biden to hold the arch-devil Iran accountable for killing soldiers and attacking ships in Jordan. So, yes, he’s flipping his ideas around. think.”
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President Biden will deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Shaun Hsu/Pool via AP)
Graham said the United States should “support Israel in all its power,” but not say or do anything that would “empower the enemy.”
president biden On Saturday, the United States said there was no “red line” with Israel over its actions in the war against Hamas, which leaves the Middle Eastern country defenseless.
A rocket is fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel on October 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Shalit)
“I’m never going to leave Israel,” the president told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart in a wide-ranging interview. ” defense of israel remains important.There’s no red line [where] I’m going to cut off all the weapons so they won’t have Iron Dome to protect them. ”
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Mr. Biden made it clear that: hot mic comment After delivering his State of the Union address on Thursday night, he was caught saying he was planning a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “bring us closer to Jesus” over the war response.
FOX News’ Bree Stimson contributed to this report.
