cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33487836
By MEE staff
Published date: 21 July 2025 21:11 BSTThe New York lawmaker voted against an amendment by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene last week that sought to block $500m in Congress’ annual defence spending bill for Israel’s Iron Dome programme.
Fellow Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar [as well as Democrats Al Green of Texas, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky - PL] had supported Taylor Greene’s amendment, which eventually lost in a 422-6 vote.
In a post on X on Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Greene’s amendment did “nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza”.
The headline is misleading. She voted against the bill.
But she also voted against the amendment that would block money for the Iron Dome missile system. Tlaib, Omar, Summer Lee, and Al Green of Texas voted for the amendment, along with 2 Republicans.
Yes, the political stunt of an amendment that had no chance of passing, the one proposed by MTG of all people. Voting for or against an amendment to a bill that you also vote against is irrelevant. The bill provides funding to Israel. She voted against the bill. She voted against the funding.
Also the bill was brought forth by Marjorie Taylor Greene; almost by definition you have to vote against that.
People had higher expectations of her, that is why not many mentions of the other 421 people who did this too. Nobody expected much from them anyway
