The Republican Party’s White House hopefuls are offering conflicting messages on the growing foreign policy challenges that include the Israel-Hamas war
Nikki Haley vowed to stand with Israel “every step of the way.” She promised to “decimate” the Iranian economy. And she called for continued funding for Ukraine as it fights to repel the Russian invasion.
“It’s a dangerous world right now,” Haley told Republican primary voters gathered inside New Hampshire’s American Legion Post No. 7 as a new war raged in the Middle East. “And this is gonna get messier before it gets better.”
Less than 24 hours later, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told New Hampshire business leaders that the United States should stop funding Ukraine until there is a clear strategy. He was more focused on what he saw as a threat posed by foreign nationals at the U.S.-Mexico border. And Israel, he said, has a right to defend itself.
Just a reminder that Republicans’ “support for Israel” isn’t really “support for Jews.” It’s a combination of:
And
On that second point, the evangelicals need a big attack to happen against Israel before Jesus will return. (Or so they believe.) It shouldn’t come as any surprise, then, that the evangelicals actively work against any peace process. If someone waved a magic wand tomorrow and got everyone there to lay down their arms, join hands, and sing Imagine by John Lennon, the evangelicals would see it as a step backwards from Jesus returning.
The Republicans like to spin “we support Israel” to fool Jews into voting for them. Then, they turn around and support policies at home that hurt Jewish people.