As part of a collection of Senators that include Mitch McConnell, Cory Gardner and Jim Risch, Marco Rubio has put forward a bill in the Senate designed to protect states and local governments that decide not to do business with companies participating in the BDS movement.
This happens to be the first bill of the new Senate which also comes during a government shutdown.
As you might imagine, some Democrats are crying over the bill claiming it punishes people exercising their first amendment right or something:
It’s absurd that the first bill during the shutdown is legislation which punishes Americans who exercise their constitutional right to engage in political activity. Democrats must block consideration of any bills that don’t reopen the government. Let’s get our priorities right.
Says Bernie Sanders.
But Rubio was quick to respond, saying “this a lie”:
This is a lie.
My bill doesn’t punish any political activity. It protects the right of local & state govts that decide to no longer do business with those who boycott #Israel.
So boycotting #Israel is a constitutional right,but boycotting those participating in #BDS isn’t? https://t.co/kY9MSmBkkh
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 7, 2019
Then of course Rashida Tlaib, the new Muslim congresswoman who likes to call the president vile names while threatening to impeach him weighed in, despite it being a Senate bill:
They forgot what country they represent. This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part of our historical fight for freedom & equality. Maybe a refresher on our U.S. Constitution is in order, then get back to opening up our government instead of taking our rights away.
Did you catch the anti-Semitism? Marco Rubio sure did and called her out for it:
This “dual loyalty” canard is a typical anti-Semitic line#BDS isn’t about freedom & equality, it’s about destroying #Israel
And if boycotting #Israel is constitutionally protected, then boycotting companies that boycott #Israel is also constitutionally protected https://t.co/6yBM0bQB5L
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 7, 2019
After responding to these ridiculous assertions about the bill, Marco Rubio then drops a truth bomb about what’s really going on behind the scenes regarding his bill:
The shutdown is not the reason Senate Democrats don’t want to move to Middle East Security Bill.
A huge argument broke out at Senate Dem meeting last week over BDS. A significant # of Senate Democrats now support #BDS & Dem leaders want to avoid a floor vote that reveals that.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 7, 2019
LOL, of course! And Chucky Schumer, who controls the Senate Dems, is the last one to want this to be revealed for everyone to see.
Remember, just a few years ago liberals at the DNC voice-voted to keep recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel out of the national party platform. But the leadership of the DNC retook the voice vote and then claimed the majority voted for the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital, even though that was clearly not the case.
Now it appears those anti-Semitic chickens have crossed the road and come home to roost, right in the Senate.