AOC Cries On House Floor After Bill To Fund Israel's Iron Dome Passes In "Blowout"

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In what's being described as a blowout vote and simultaneously a crushing defeat for 'the Squad', the House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon passed controversial legislation that includes giving an extra $1 billion to Israel to restock its Iron Dome anti-air defense system after last May's major flare-up in fighting with Hamas in Gaza.

Days ago progressive Democrats including including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib had been successful in stripping the $1 billion for Israel from the stopgap funding bill that was passed in the House on Tuesday. But Republicans used this to paint Democrats as "anti-Israeli" and even went so far as to call out some of the progressives fighting the provision as being motivated by "anti-Semitism".

AOC appears to be crying on the House floor after she voted 'present' for funding to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome Defense Systems