Congressman Robert Wexler, 19th District of Florida
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May 15, 2008  
 

Wexler: Bush's Comments Against Obama in Israel Hypocritical and Unconscionable

(Washington, DC)  Congressman Robert Wexler issued the following statement in response to President Bush’s speech earlier today in the Israeli Knesset:

“I strongly reject President Bush’s politically calculated attack on Barack Obama in the Israeli Knesset today.  It is clear that President Bush was directly attacking Senator Obama while at the same time unconscionably using the horrors of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust for political partisan gain.

I am disgusted by the President’s statement which was politically divisive and does nothing to address the security threats posed to Israel’s by its enemies  Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah.  The President’s words are hypocritical  given that his own Administration is currently negotiating with Iran and our closest allies France, Germany, United Kingdom are directly negotiating with Iran on America’s behalf.

It is unprecedented that a sitting American President would stoop to this level and launch a deliberate attack on Barack Obama who is a staunch supporter of Israel.”

Congressman Wexler is Chairman of the Europe Subcommittee and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Judiciary Committee; and he also sits on the Financial Services Committeee.

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