The New York lawmaker has faced a deluge of criticism for backing funding for Israel's Iron Dome defence system for a second time

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33487836

By MEE staff
Published date: 21 July 2025 21:11 BST

The New York lawmaker voted against an amendment by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene last week that sought to block $500m in Congress’ annual defence spending bill for Israel’s Iron Dome programme.

Fellow Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar [as well as Democrats Al Green of Texas, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky - PL] had supported Taylor Greene’s amendment, which eventually lost in a 422-6 vote.

In a post on X on Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Greene’s amendment did “nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza”.

  • Omega
    2•7 days ago

    I never said it did. There’s your answer.

    This yours? 🙄

    Like I said, you missed literally the only point I was making. And you’re not interested in changing that.

    Keep being angry at nothing.

      • Omega
        1•7 days ago

        I don’t support war crimes. But I’m seeing it on this thread unfortunately.

    • @[email protected]
      5•7 days ago

      Would you mind reading the username there?

      Wow. Eptiome of honor here. I bow to your “holy” presence.

      Definitely not a cowardly intellectually dishonest sophist.

      • Omega
        2•7 days ago

        Do you think all consequences of aggressors are justified?

        • @[email protected]
          5•7 days ago

          Still not an answer to the question. One that you posed.

          I see you’re dodging your own quotation.

          A lot of people see all the genocide as 100% justified

          Who cares how much support there is for a genocide? why even bring that up? I’m 100% sure you won’t answer this either.

          Do you think all consequences of aggressors are justified?

          I think imposing any consequences on the aggressors of a genocide would be a good start.

          • Omega
            1•7 days ago

            I care. I don’t want any support for genocide. Because then you get genocide.

            Do you think all consequences for the aggressor are justified?

            • @[email protected]
              4•7 days ago

              The obvious and moral position is that nobody should support genocide.

              Which is why I don’t care who supports genocide. If you support any form of genocide your opinion automatically is worthless to me.

              Who cares who supports genocide? Those people can be instantly discounted.

              Your question is inane. Answer my previous question if you want an answer to this. You have yet to answer anything I’ve posited. It’s an interesting technique to impose your own question and demand an answer when you have answered none.