‘This election is set whether or not we as a country stand with Israel or capitulate to terrorists,’ Sen. Rick Scott mentioned.
Two pro-Israel senators spoke on the Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) Management Summit on the Venetian Las Vegas on Sept. 5, finishing an evening marked by means of reward for Israel and its embattled chief, Top Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid the warfare with the Hamas terrorist workforce.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) mentioned the election this 12 months is other than elections prior to now as a result of the expansion of anti-Semitism.
“This election is set whether or not we as a country will tolerate anti-Semitism,” he mentioned. “This election is set whether or not we as a country stand with Israel or capitulate to terrorists.”
Jewish scholars are being attacked on school campuses in the USA, he mentioned, including that supporters of Hamas “burn the American flag and desecrate public belongings simply steps from the Capitol.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), an Iraq Battle veteran and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, mentioned the USA will have to fortify Israel in its warfare in opposition to Hamas.
“There’s just one appropriate end result on this warfare,” he mentioned. “It’s the defeat and the destruction of Hamas.”
He criticized the Democratic Birthday party presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris for supporting “greater than $100 billion in sanctions aid to Iran, the sector’s worst state sponsor of terrorism.”
The estimate comprises roughly $80 billion in earnings from illicit oil gross sales since 2021, World Financial Fund Particular Drawing Rights that the Biden management selected to not block, the discharge of electrical energy earnings that have been held in escrow in Iraq, and extra.
“In step with intelligence experiences, Iran is now seeking to undermine our election in [Harris’s] desire,” Cotton mentioned.
Senate Fundraising in Focal point
Previous within the day, Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), chair of the Nationwide Republican Senate Committee, delivered remarks that highlighted Senate Republicans’ vulnerabilities over fundraising.
“Now we have extra states in play than assets to hide them, and the Democrats notice they’ve were given a problem on their fingers,” Daines advised journalists throughout a roundtable, noting the Harris marketing campaign had redirected $25 million of its cash to down-ballot contests, together with the Senate.
Brown used to be some of the Senate hopefuls who spoke throughout a lunch panel on the RJC panel, the place he recounted accidents he sustained when his Humvee ran over a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. The explosion left him coated in diesel and on fireplace.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) speaks throughout the weekly Senate presser within the U.S. Capitol, on July 9, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Instances
Hostage’s Oldsters Talk
Different audio system incorporated Ronen and Orna Neutra. They mentioned their son, Omer Neutra, an American who used to be taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, and stays in captivity.
Ronen (L) and Orna Neutra (R) talk on the Republician Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Nev., on Sept. 5, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Instances
“Existence as we knew it on October sixth stopped,” Orna mentioned, describing how just about twelve months of separation from her son has felt.
“We’re glued to our telephones. Each ping reasons a tiny bounce of the center. Is it information about Omer and the opposite hostages? Our telephones are by no means switched off,” she mentioned.
Ronen praised President Joe Biden and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump.