Sen. Rick Scott Blasts Biden as ‘Pro-Hamas’ Following ‘Disgusting’ Threat to Withhold Israel Military Aid on Fox & Friends
During a CNN interview that aired Wednesday, President Joe Biden stated that if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau was going to invade Rafah, America would not support it and aid to Israel would not be provided. And now, Republicans, including Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), are declaring Biden “pro-Hamas.”
In an early morning appearance on Fox & Friends on Thursday, Scott was asked for his reaction to the comments and called them “disgusting.” Co-hosts Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, and Ainsley Earhardt all asked about Biden moving away from unconditional support of Israel, whose response to the October 7 attack by Hamas plunged Gaza into a dire humanitarian crisis that has cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians. Along with Scott, the co-hosts questioned “whose side” Biden was on, and claimed that he was only interested in winning an election:
Kilmeade: Senator Rick Scott sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee. He’s on the couch with us right now. Senator, your reaction to the president last night making those statements?
Scott: It’s disgusting. I was I was just in Israel about a month ago. I met with Netanyahu and [Benny Gantz] in Gal On, and they have to go in. That’s where Hamas is. The battalions are left in Rafah.
Kilmeade: Would we leave [Osama bin Laden] in a corner and just pull back, because the rest of the world didn’t like the way we’re fighting the war?
Scott: And they’re all committed to making sure they give the civilians plenty of time to get out of Rafah.
Kilmeade: Hundred thousand through a passageway.
Scott: They said they’re going to give them plenty of time to get out. They’ve got to do that. I mean, think about, if they attacked America, if somebody attacked America, we’re going to say, “Oh, no, we’re not going to go after the people who killed our women and children”? We still have eight American hostages, five alive, three dead, and they’re holding them. They’re holding all these other Israeli hostages. I went to Kfar Aza half a mile from Gaza a month ago. I saw where babies were beheaded, women were raped. People were shot and point-blank burned alive. And this president is saying they’re not going to give any aid? I knew this was going to happen. I said this was going to happen with that, with the supplemental, because here’s what he wanted. All he wanted was Ukraine aid. That’s all he cared about, and humanitarian. He got it. He didn’t believe in Israel aid. It was held up. Remember we tried to get the vote? He wouldn’t do it.
Doocy: That’s right. Well, you know, it’s all about politics. Brian and Ainsley, absolutely right. When you look at Michigan, he’s got a problem in Michigan because there’s so many Arabs who live in that particular state. He needs that, that is a swing state. But, you know, personally, I just got a picture from a friend in Capitol Hill yesterday when they walked through the halls of Congress. You know, your senators and your representatives, a lot of them have Palestinian flags in the hall.
Scott: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. There’s still protests in there. I know, I mean, it makes you mad. I mean, I am on Israel’s side. I support Israel, I support Jews. This is disgusting with the president.
Doocy: So, whose side is Joe Biden on?
Scott: Well, he’s clearly on Hamas’ side. I mean, look, what he wanted, right? He wanted the aid so he can give it to to Gaza, which it goes Hamas. And then we saw yesterday, UNRWA is stealing the aid and selling it. I mean, you knew this was going to happen, we knew this was going to happen.
Kilmeade: UNRWA the UN organization.
Earhardt: But the message is who’s more important? Israel or these terrorists?
Scott: All he cares about is his election. So he is, we’ve got a pro-Hamas group of the Democrat Party, and he’s part of it now.
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