Leahy boycotting Netanyahu speech, blames Boehner for making it “tawdry”

Patrick Leahy has joined the ranks of the other despicable Democrats boycotting Netanyahu’s speech on Iran:

FOX NEWS – The Senate’s most senior lawmaker said Tuesday he will skip the Israeli prime minister’s speech to Congress next month on Iran, calling the invitation by Republicans without White House consultation a “tawdry and high-handed stunt.”

Seven-term Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont joined a half dozen Democrats who have decided to boycott Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, which comes in middle of delicate negotiations involving the United States, Western powers and Iran over its nuclear program. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, invited Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress on March 3.

“The unfortunate way that House leaders have unilaterally arranged this, and then heavily politicized it, has demolished the potential constructive value of this joint meeting,” Leahy said in a statement. “They have orchestrated a tawdry and high-handed stunt that has embarrassed not only Israel but the Congress itself.”

These jerks are just following orders from the White House, using partisan excuses to try and substantiate their reasoning.

But let it be clear, they are making their true colors known and are standing with Obama against Netanyahu and Israel.


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