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House Speaker Mike Johnson blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for skipping out on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress, choosing instead to address the historically black Zeta Phi Beta sorority in Indiana instead.
Harris, who as VP also presides over the Senate, appeared to side with the far-left of her Democratic Party in boycotting a speech by the country’s most important ally in the Middle East, which drew the ire of Republicans and led some to compare her actions to siding with the terrorist organization Hamas, whose fighters attacked the Jewish state last October, killing more than 1,300 people and taking hundreds of hostages, most of which have since been killed.
Johnson shredded Harris for her decision during an appearance on the Fox Business Network with former Trump administration economist Larry Kudlow.
“Mr. Speaker. I know you’re very busy with the Netanyahu thing, which I thought was brilliant, and what did you take away from that? What were your key thoughts as you were listening to that speech?” Kudlow asked during a Wednesday show segment.
“Well, I agree with your analysis, Larry. I thought he hit a home run. I think he did exactly what he needed to do, and that is project strength on the part of Israel, commit to the return of hostages, both American and Israeli hostages, and clarify what the mission is there,” Johnson said.
“We must defeat and vanquish Hamas and, ultimately, Iran. Iran, of course, is using proxies — Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthies, all the rest. So it all has the same root of the problem, and I thought he did have a very good job of tying it all together. It was a bipartisan speech. I think that’s important. The support of America for Israel has always been a bipartisan matter. I was rather shocked Kamala Harris chose to boycott the speech today. She should be sitting next to me, and it was pretty shameful, and she will have to answer for that,” he added.
WATCH:
Another new survey is good news for former President Donald Trump, just days after President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid and endorsed his vice president.
According to the CNN survey, 49 percent of respondents supported Trump, while 46 percent backed Harris. SSRS conducted the poll.
The poll was conducted between July 22-23, a few days after Biden announced he was abandoning his reelection bid. It was conducted among registered voters who had previously participated in CNN surveys in April and June, where Trump was leading Biden by 6 points.
According to Newsmax, the poll found:
- 64% said Republicans have a better chance of winning the presidency in 2024 if Trump is the party’s nominee.
- 50% said their vote is more in support of Harris than against Trump, compared to 37% of Biden’s supporters who said their vote was mainly to express support for the president.
- 74% said their vote is to express support for Trump rather than their opposition to Harris.
- Among Harris supporters younger than 45, 43% say their vote is more in support of her than against Trump, up from 28% of Biden voters in that age group who felt the same way about the president in June.
- Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters are split over whether the next nominee should continue Biden’s policies (53%) or take the country in a new direction (47%).
- 88% of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters say Republicans have a better chance to win with Trump at the top of the ticket.
X platform boss and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk wasted no time dumping on Harris after Biden endorsed her.
He posted an older video clip of Harris chairing a meeting where she introduces herself this way: “Good afternoon. I want to welcome these leaders for coming in to have this very important discussion about some of the most pressing issues of our time. I am Kamala Harris. My pronouns are ‘she’ and ‘her.’ I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit.”
In the post, Musk wrote: “Imagine 4 years of this…”
Imagine 4 years of this … https://t.co/gFwWAv15Qx
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 22, 2024
