U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) Tuesday slammed Vice President Kamala Harris for refusing to preside over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Ricketts made the comments while on a conference call with Nebraska media.
“Israel is our strongest and closest ally in the Middle East,” Ricketts said. “It’s in our mutual interest to provide Israel with the support it needs to destroy Hamas and secure the release of the remaining hostages. Yet the Biden-Harris administration has repeatedly appeased the radical pro-Hamas elements of their base.”
“In fact, Vice President Harris – whose only constitutional duty is to preside over the Senate – won’t be attending his speech,” Ricketts continued. “Their actions have consistently undermined Israel’s democratically elected government. This is not how America should treat its allies.”
