MAGA acolyte Marjorie Taylor Greene votes alongside Tlaib and Omar to cut US funding for Israel
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33488629
By MEE staff
Published date: 18 July 2025 20:59 BST
Hardline America Firster and staunch Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene voted alongside progressive Democrat Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to strip Israel of $500m in US funding, hours after it bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.The House of Representatives, however, rejected in a 422-6 vote on Thursday, to cut funding for the Israeli Cooperative Program - an agreement through which the US provides Israel with $500m to boost its missile programmes.
It is a separate allocation from the $3.3bn the US sends Israel as "security assistance" every year.
MAGA acolyte Marjorie Taylor Greene votes alongside Tlaib and Omar to cut US funding for Israel
By MEE staff
Published date: 18 July 2025 20:59 BSTHardline America Firster and staunch Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene voted alongside progressive Democrat Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to strip Israel of $500m in US funding, hours after it bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.The House of Representatives, however, rejected in a 422-6 vote on Thursday, to cut funding for the Israeli Cooperative Program - an agreement through which the US provides Israel with $500m to boost its missile programmes.
It is a separate allocation from the $3.3bn the US sends Israel as "security assistance" every year.
Maga acolyte Marjorie Taylor Greene votes alongside Tlaib and Omar to cut US funding for Israel
Hardline America Firster and staunch Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene voted alongside progressive Democrat Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to strip Israel of $500m in US funding, hours after it bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church …MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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defunct_punk
in reply to Peter Link • • •Why is the only thing both sides enthusiastically agree on is giving billions to Israel?
ETA:
You're this close Marjorie. "Our own country?" No, They own the country. "Our own people?" They own the people.
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in reply to defunct_punk • • •NateNate60
in reply to Shirasho • • •Government sources indicate that the US really only imports from two Middle Eastern countries: Iraq and Saudi Arabia. I don't see how either of those countries would be particularly displeased if the US cuts off Israel.
Israel is a useless ally. They just hold their hands out for American money and don't seem to provide anything in return other than bad press. Maybe you could make an argument that Israel's position is beneficial for regional stability, but I don't see why other countries couldn't fill that role. There is no shortage of strongmen in the Middle East. Yeah, they're the "oNlY deMocRaCy iN tHe MiddLe EasT" but that means nothing if their electorate always just votes for politicians who want to massacre their neighbours.
JohnnyFlapHoleSeed
in reply to NateNate60 • • •Israel isn't just a useless ally. They're a fucking liability as an ally. America is like the 7ft tall 300lb quite guy in the hoodie standing in the corner, and Israel is his 5'2 'friend' who gets constant handouts, but acts like a complete dick hole to everyone and provokes fights that they can't win on their own.
Israel is a fucking mistake made possible by the compromises and lack of foresight post WW2.
This is not at all a critique on the Jewish faith, just on the nation of Israel
Shirasho
in reply to NateNate60 • • •I think you missed the point with my post, which is fair since the way I said it doesn't look like criticism.
Israel itself is useless. We only support it as a foothold into the middle east. As you said, anybody else could theoretically fill that role, but the reality of it is that much of the middle east hates the United States. If we lose Israel, America would have to spend a lot more to regain that foothold.
To make it perfectly clear, I am in agreement that the United States should drop them as an ally and leave the middle east alone altogether.
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in reply to Lucky_777 • • •JayDee
in reply to SatansMaggotyCumFart • • •If that money were all distributed to our education system, it would only really go to the children of the US, so it makes less sense to evaluate that money on a per-american basis.
That money would also be going to institutions as opposed to the students, so a more practical evaluation would be to see what amounts would go to each school.
At the end of the day, though, we know that $3.3bn isn't going to education - not even a bit.
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in reply to SatansMaggotyCumFart • • •Of which, roughly speaking about 23% are under 18 and school-aged if census.gov is to be trusted
Around $40 per student could still do an incredible amount of good across our national school system. A given school's graduating class might range anywhere from 50-2,000 students and you'll have 3-4 of those per school. That's potentially $320,000 for a single large school by this napkin math assuming those funds are distributed perfectly evenly according to student population. If put to more strategic use this could be an incredible boon to lower income schools in many, many areas.
The U.S. Adult and Under-Age-18 Populations: 2020 Census
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in reply to Lucky_777 • • •Not even getting into how Israels have all the "socialism" stuff we say we can't afford for ourselves.
If universal healthcare and free college isn't worth it for Americans, why are we giving Israel billions annually? Shouldn't Israel stop that "frivolous" spending to lower the amount they need from foreign countries?
But like, when they House votes 422-6 for something like this, it's pointless to think logic will change the mind of any of the 422.
It's a hard thing to admit, but we need to be able to say a foreign government has clearly bought off both parties of our government.
And nothing will convince the compromised politicians to stop, we have to vote them out. D or R every one of those 422 needs to go. MTG still needs to go too, there's plenty of other reasons
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in reply to Maeve • • •The US has a handful of what one might reasonably call adversaries militarily. If not only China at this point, considering the Russian military has been exposed as being quite a joke over the last several years.
Iran isnt remotely a military adversary of the US, or any of the other groups/countries Israel beefs with. Saying we pay them to fight proxy wars is a bit more than a stretch
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in reply to Maeve • • •JohnnyFlapHoleSeed
in reply to givesomefucks • • •Seriously. We subsidize them to the point where they have universal healthcare, social safety nets, robust education, and in return they turned Palestine into a prison state, and now a literal genocide.
We need to realize that Israel gets free passes because their Epstein honey pot ensnared generations of western political leaders, and that's why in America, we need to purge our political leadership of anyone over 65 for registered parties. The world they grew up in is gone, and they were the ones that destroyed it. They can hand over the reigns, or be removed from them forcefully
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in reply to Lucky_777 • • •PyroNeurosis
in reply to Jesus • • •Ambitious! It would actually go to military industrial contracts more directly (maybe in R&D for new weapons) so as "not to disrupt the economy".
And they'd be mostly fine with it.
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in reply to Peter Link • • •Aren't all the MAGAts screaming "America first?"
Seems awful not "us first"
The hypocrisy is astounding
JohnnyFlapHoleSeed
in reply to PattyMcB • • •They literally spent 2 billion of OUR money SPECIFICALLY on immigrants, legal or otherwise. Nearly all of which were working, paying taxes, and contributing to the economy.
MAGAt pedos would rather spend 2 billion destroying lives and families, than feeding, educating, and giving healthcare to Americans. The entire party is built on bad faith and treason.
forrgott
in reply to Peter Link • • •This was a performative act to drive the narrative. She looks a fool cause she didn't realize the party only follows along to orders from the top (i.e. not her).
And y'all are still playing into it. So it's working anyways. WTF
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MeekerThanBeaker
in reply to crystalmerchant • • •What if they go so far politically right... they come out the other side?
Nah....
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in reply to ExLisper • • •She's MAGA (AKA a Nazi-fetishist), so the motivations are most definitely Jewish-hatred.
There I elaborated your feelings
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ExLisper
in reply to ZeroOne • • •Yes, it's wild that the only politicians criticizing Israel are doing it for the wrong reason.
Except for Spain. I think Spain is the only country doing the right thing here for the right reason. Go Spain! And South Africa. Shame on everyone else.
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in reply to pyre • • •Can you explain in detail what you mean? I see her bluesky and she clearly shared the roll call with her voting against the funding.
Edit: nvm i found out by reading the comments on her post. She didnt support an amendment to the defense bill and epsitne didnt kill himself.
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