Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just won re-election. However, some politicians in Washington, D.C., are upset with the nature of President Obama’s relationship with Bibi, especially Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
On the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Rubio delivered a fiery speech detailing what he believes to be a “historic mistake” by the President:
“As far as I know … after this election, the president has yet to call the prime minister.”
Sen. Rubio rattled off the names of leaders whom President Obama congratulated over the years for winning their elections, such as Vladimir Putin of Russia and Mohammed Morsi of Egypt:
“So they will comment on the elections of an ally, calling the rhetoric of the election divisive, but when an enemy – which is what Iran is – has a fraudulent election and kills people that protest against it, we can’t comment.”
Rubio also made a point to highlight that unequivocal support for Israel crosses party lines:
“This is a historic and tragic mistake. Israel is not a Republican or Democratic issue. If this was a Republican president doing these things, I would give the exact same speech. In fact, I would be even angrier.”
Rubio’s speech received a warm response on social media:
Too Few Are Brave Enough To Support Israel Like @marcorubio – Great Speech! http://t.co/QIFYV14Wgd pic.twitter.com/ayHYsoWAch
— May Golan מאי גולן (@GolanMay) March 20, 2015
Solid speech on Senate floor just now by @marcorubio on US #Israel relations; now being followed by @SenTomCotton @cspan
— Nathan Diament (@NDiament) March 19, 2015
Marco Rubio is awesome. #Israel
— Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) March 19, 2015
Marco Rubio on the floor talking about Israel & US relations. Taking Obama to task.
— M Evans (@Atkinson4459) March 19, 2015
President Obama made the call to congratulate Benjamin Netanyahu about three hours after Sen. Rubio’s speech.
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