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Elizabeth Warren denounces Biden administration over Gaza humanitarian situation (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by IndustryStandard to c/progressivepolitics

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“On October 13, the Biden administration told Prime Minister Netanyahu that his government had 30 days to increase humanitarian aid into Gaza or face the consequences under US law, which would include cutting off military assistance,” the Massachusetts senator said in a statement shared with the Guardian.

For the first time on the issue, Warren threw her weight behind a joint resolution of disapproval, a legislative tool that enables Congress to overturn actions taken by the executive branch. Such a resolution must pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

She added: “The failure by the Biden administration to follow US law and to suspend arms shipments is a grave mistake that undermines American credibility worldwide. If this administration will not act, Congress must step up to enforce US law and hold the Netanyahu government accountable through a joint resolution of disapproval.”

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

She was calling it a genocide and for Congress to block arms sales 7 months ago.

[–] Sanctus 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Those are bigger publications, its an issue I have so many upvoted and am so wrong, and that a lot of people including myself dont remember this. Outrage fatigue? The information hose? Am I dumb? Probably more than one of these.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

I don't think you're dumb, there's certainly a lot of information flowing through our feeds and it's easy to miss statements and actions when in the end Warren isn't the person who's making decisions and the only real power she has is making a statement of principles that establishment figures very much do not want to talk about.

[–] IndustryStandard 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

If I recall correctly back then she also used a few empty words so people can bring them up later to whitewash her. Remember that was 4 months into the genocide and everybody knew what was going on. A little lip service was needed. Second paragraph of the posted article states this was the first time she took action on disapproval.

For the first time on the issue, Warren threw her weight behind a joint resolution of disapproval,

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That's referring to a specific type of senate maneuver, which we all know isn't likely to even come up for a vote, not the first time she expressed disapproval or called for action. She was the first senator to call it a genocide, which I agree was way later than it should have been, but notable nonetheless, and with other progressives was critical of the invasion within the first month.

[–] IndustryStandard 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

She did pay more lip-service than most Democrats. Did she do anything actionable before like she does now?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

What actionable step would you expect her to do other than publicly call it bad and for congress to halt weapons transfers? Her only real power is in the senate and step one is rallying support with social influence.