Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a US representative, said on Wednesday that she will oppose any future US military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems.

In a statement on social media, Ocasio-Cortez said that Israel was fully capable of funding “Iron Dome and other defensive systems”, and that “consistent with my voting record to date, I will not support Congress sending more taxpayer dollars and military aid to a government that consistently ignores international law and US law”.

Her remarks on Wednesday follow reports that she pledged to oppose any future military aid to Israel during a New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) forum on Tuesday evening.

“Our allies who need our military aid must understand that we will provide it consistent with the Leahy amendment and the foreign assistance act”, Ocasio-Cortez added, referring to a law which prohibits the US from providing military support to army units that violate human rights.

According to City & State, which obtained a partial recording of the DSA forum, Ocasio-Cortez told members: “I have not once ever voted to authorize funding to Israel, and I will never,” adding that “the Israeli government should be able to finance their own weapons if they seek to arm themselves.”

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    I seriously doubt AOC was ever outflanked by MTG, and frankly I have no idea what you mean by that?
    Doing a google search “marjorie tayler greene outflank democrats” turns up nothing.
    If you are referring to MTG talking sense about the Epstein files an no to the Iran war and distancing herself from MAGA, how the fuck do you Imagine AOC could do anything about that?

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      3 months ago

      I seriously doubt AOC was ever outflanked by MTG

      Its not something you get to doubt. Its just a thing that happened. I guess you don’t follow politics.

      and frankly I have no idea what you mean by that?

      So you don’t know what a word/ concept means, and your position on the matter starts by doubting the thing exists. Telling.

      Doing a google search “marjorie tayler greene outflank democrats” turns up nothing.

      I provided a link. Click it. Its not even text, you can just listen.