Senator Sanders’s Nakba

The Vermont socialist hosts in the Capitol an event to denounce the Jewish state on its 75th anniversary.

AP/Jacquelyn Martin, file
Senator Sanders on Capitol Hill, March 29, 2023. AP/Jacquelyn Martin, file

Senator Sanders swooping in to ensure that Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s event commemorating “Nakba Day” after Speaker McCarthy vetoed it on the House side provides a snapshot of the state of play on Capitol Hill when it comes to Israel. While the Vermont socialist has long sided with the enemies of the Jewish state, lending his Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing room as a stage sets a new low.

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