Brad Lander

And of course, we can make it a place of welcome in our government, in our culture, in our neighborhoods.

But restoring that gender affirming care for those kids is a critical part.

Yes.

Well, I have been for conditioning aid to Israel since before October 7th.

I actually wrote an op-ed back in the spring or summer of 2023 calling for an end to the blank check.

I mean, unconditional aid is not compliant with the Leahy Law.

All aid is supposed to be consistent with international law, with human rights.

And right now, I mean, unconditional U.S.

support for Israel's destruction of Gaza, which I do consider a genocide.

Terrible, of course, for Palestinians.

But terrible for Israel, now terrible for the whole Middle East, shredding U.S.

credibility.

So I will sign on to Delia Ramirez's Block the Bombs Act and the Ceasefire Compliance Act.

But we shouldn't provide more military aid until Israel is complying with human rights and international law.

I mean, first, how could you ask a struggling family in America that can't afford their health care or their housing to understand how there is billions of dollars for this war with, you know, reckless, illegal, unjust, no clear purpose, raising their own prices.

And there's not enough money to help, you know, pay for their health care or their child care or their education.

I mean, it just makes no sense.

That's why working families are fed up.

But yes, I mean, on foreign policy, Trump is a sociopathic imperialist.

You know, we saw that in Venezuela, in Greenland, and absolutely in this war.