So POTUS is saying that Israel used to have a lot more influence during the Bush years, and 'owned' the American congress.
However, POTUS then states that now "AOC and Omar, people who hate Israel, are controlling Congress" - communists, Muslim brotherhood?
Why does he say "rightfully" at the end?
A dismal performance by Democratic candidates in New Jersey and Virginia is sparking a sense of panic among Democrats who now view their Senate and House majorities as in serious peril in the 2022 midterm elections.
In Virginia, a state President Biden won by 10 points a year ago, Democrats saw former Gov. Terry McAuliffe fall to defeat in a state the polls suggested he had been leading months ago.
In New Jersey, a strong performance by little-known former GOP Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli against Gov. Phil Murphy (D) was too close to call. Democrats had expected Murphy to win easily.
Republicans immediately went on the offensive, announcing a new bid to go after swing-seat Democrats in the House. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said his party might be able to flip as many as 60 seats.
The GOP needs to flip a net of only five seats to take back the House majority. If they can gain one Senate seat, they’d take control of that chamber.
Both goals looked to be in reach after Tuesday.
Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics moved Senate races in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada from the “lean Democratic” column to “toss-ups.”
Dave Wasserman, an analyst with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, tweeted that Tuesday’s results “are consistent [with] a political environment in which Republicans would comfortably take back both the House and Senate in 2022.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/579985-democrats-hit-panic-button-after-virginia-collapse
So are we just going with the "we're gonna outvote their cheating in 2024" strategy at this point?
notable
I can understand the frustration.
Nov. 4, 2021, 9:43 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities on Thursday arrested an analyst who in 2016 gathered leads about possible links between Donald J. Trump and Russia for what turned out to be Democratic-funded opposition research, according to people familiar with the matter.
The arrest of the analyst, Igor Danchenko, is part of the special counsel inquiry led by John H. Durham, who was appointed by the Trump administration to scrutinize the Russia investigation for any wrongdoing, the people said.
Mr. Danchenko, was the primary researcher of the so-called Steele dossier, a compendium of rumors and unproven assertions suggesting that Mr. Trump and his 2016 campaign were compromised by and conspiring with Russian intelligence officials in Moscow’s covert operation to help him defeat Hillary Clinton.
Authorities Arrest Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier
The people familiar with the matter spoke on condition of anonymity because the indictment of Mr. Danchenko had yet to be unsealed. A spokesman for Mr. Durham did not respond to a request for comment.
This fuckin' guy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/politics/igor-danchenko-steele-dossier.html