How Many Senate Dems Say They Back Schumer's Call for New Israeli Elections?

Nearly a week after Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) called on Israelis to depose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just a third of Schumer's caucus has lined up behind him. The latest dissenter is Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.), who is running for his third term in November and told the Washington Free Beacon that "the Israeli people" should make their own decisions about who leads them.

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In all, just 17 of the 50 members of the Senate Democratic caucus—not including Schumer—have praised the majority leader's speech, during which Schumer said Netanyahu "has lost his way" and called for a "new election" in Israel. Schumer's supporters consist mostly of progressive lawmakers.

Ed Morrissey

Better way to frame the question: How many in Schumer's caucus think that the response to terrorists are a bigger problem than the terrorists who have waged war on Israel for the last 17 years?

Besides, it's a stupid idea. As a recent poll shows, 82% of Israelis back the Rafah operation that Schumer wants an election to halt. It's not just Netanyahu, it's the entire Israeli electorate that Schumer opposes. 

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