Anger erupted on NBC Sunday when South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham debated with anchor Kristen Welker over the possibility of the Biden administration withholding weapons from Israel.
After Welker cited “military officials” who had agreed to halt arms shipments to Israel, which is at war in Gaza, Graham slammed the anchor and the government officials she cited.
“The military people you’re talking about are full of scum!” Graham said.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham debated with anchor Kristen Welker over the Biden administration’s announcement that it may withhold arms from Israel. (NBC)
The Republican Party argued that restricting weapons to Israel in times of war would send the wrong message to the country’s enemies.
“Telling the world that we will limit arms deliveries to the Jewish state, which is fighting a three-front war for survival, will embolden Iran,” Graham said.
Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized President Biden’s denial of the pledge. transportation of weapons Attack Israel if it launches a major invasion of Rafah, Hamas’ last stronghold in Gaza.
“It emboldens Hamas. [Hamas leader Yahya] Mr. Sinwar is probably enthusiastic about this idea. [that] There is daylight between the United States and Israel,” Graham said.
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President Biden has been criticized on both sides of the aisle over his pledge to deny arms shipments to Israel if it invades Rafah. (Jacqueline Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mr. Welker confronted Mr. Graham with the historical example of President Reagan cutting off military aid to Israel “in an attempt to influence Israeli policy.”
“President Biden is not the first president to use arms shipments to try to influence Israeli policy,” she told Graham. “As you know, former President Ronald Reagan repeatedly withheld arms to influence Israeli military action.”
Mr. Graham replied that a better historical example was the United States’ decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
“Why was America allowed to drop two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end an existential war? Why was that allowed? I thought it was okay. ” asked Graham.
“To Israel: do whatever you have to do to survive as a Jewish state,” he added. “Whatever you have to do!”
FOX News’ Daniel Wallace contributed to this report.
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