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White House calls House GOP’s $17.6B Israel aid bill a ‘cynical political maneuver’

The White House criticized House Republicans on Saturday for unveiling a $17.6 billion bill that would provide additional aid to Israel amid its ongoing war in the Middle East, calling it a “cynical political maneuver.”

The administration specifically criticized the bill, which Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the House would vote on next week, disparaging GOP lawmakers for singling out aid for only one U.S. ally — as the Senate negotiates on the bipartisan border and aid package.

“For months the administration has been working with a bipartisan group of Senators on a national security agreement that secures our border and provides support for the people of Ukraine and Israel,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement released Saturday. “Just as legislative text is imminent, the House Republicans come up with their latest cynical political maneuver. The security of Israel should be sacred, not a political game.”

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And continuing to unconditionally support a genocidal apartheid regime led by literal fascists because the owner donors still love them isn't itself cynical political maneuvering? Fuck off with that hypocritical shit!
- They're only mad because it doesnt have Ukraine funding too. Otherwise WH wouldn't care at all
  
  Absolutely.
- LoL. This whole comment is quite hilarious.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“For months the administration has been working with a bipartisan group of Senators on a national security agreement that secures our border and provides support for the people of Ukraine and Israel,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement released Saturday.
“Just as legislative text is imminent, the House Republicans come up with their latest cynical political maneuver.
The statement comes as Johnson announced a “clean, standalone” Israel aid bill earlier on Saturday.
“We strongly oppose this ploy which does nothing to secure the border, does nothing to help the people of Ukraine defend themselves against Putin’s aggression, and denies humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians, the majority of them women and children, which the Israelis supported by opening the access route,” Jean-Pierre wrote.
“House Republicans should instead work in a bipartisan way, like the administration and Senate are doing, on these pressing national security issues.”
However, Johnson said Friday that if reports about potential terms of the deal were true, it would be “dead on arrival” in the House.
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