The Most Influential Issue Shaking Up Elections
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Welcome to NextUp, everybody. I'm Mark Halpert. Thank you for being part of the program, being a true and loyal Nexter. I am the editor-in-chief of live interactive video platform Two-Way, your host here to all things NextUp. Great program for you today. A variety of topics, some happier than others. Two smart political minds will be with us. First, Tad Devine, author of a new book called How the Democrats Screwed Bernie. It's about the 2016 campaign. You've heard me talk about it before. The lessons that the country and the party need to learn about how the Democratic Party in 2016 and then also in 2020 stole the nomination from Bernie Sanders on behalf of the establishment candidates in order to keep his movement down and paradoxically, ironically, and
Some would say poetically his movements only grown stronger. Tad will be here to explain what he saw as one of the top officials in that campaign. And then my friend and colleague here at MK media, Emily Jasinski will be here. She's the host of the after party with Emily Jasinski. We're going to talk about some mysteries that she's going to help me solve, like about JD Vance and young people, uh, all that coming up in a little bit. Uh, also, uh, some work, uh, from my past, my interview with Lindsey Graham will, um, how he dealt with the loss of his parents. But first, my reported monologue on a topic I continue to report on, how Israel has become such a defining issue within both parties, but primarily within the Democratic Party.
That was put in sharp relief this week. when Mr. Massey of Kentucky, a Republican, put forward a bill that would have cut off aid to Israel. And he's the only Republican who voted for his own bill. Every other Republican voted no. The Democrats in the House were split down the middle. Here's, you can see the vote totals here. Half the Democrats voted yes, half the Democrats voted no. Amongst those voting to cut off aid to Israel were the number two Democrat in the House, Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker, and AOC. This divides both parties, but it's an issue the Democratic Party is dealing with. But it's also an issue that Israel is going to have to deal with, and Israel supporters in the United States are going to have to deal with.
I can't tell you how often I hear this week after the vote, I heard, in the hours after the vote from american supporters of israel including some members of congress who are crestfallen by this both sides both the people who voted to cut off aid to israel and those who support that position and those who think it's a horrible vote both sides are calling this a watershed so my reported monologue for you now on why this is happening and the significance of it First, here's a couple of House Democrats who voted to cut off aid to Israel and their explanation about this moment. Here's Greg Caesar. This is S11, please.
Think about this just for a moment. Starting today, a majority of Democrats in this building refused to vote to send billions of dollars in weapons to the Israeli military.
Yeah, a young congressman from Texas who clearly is proud about the fact that half the Democrats voted to cut off aid. Here's another member of Congress. This is Lauren Underwood explaining why she voted that way as well.
One issue facing the Democratic caucus this week is a piece of legislation by Thomas Massey on Israel, cutting off funding $3 billion worth of aid to Israel. Where do you stand on that? I'll be voting for it. How come? Well, because the Israelis are out of control. Lebanon, Gaza, there's no reason for us to continue to make these investments at this time.
Now, she's from Illinois. These two representatives, part of half the Democrats in the House, including Nancy Pelosi, including AOC, who said, some of them said, like Nancy Pelosi, well, the amendment was flawed, it wasn't a perfect piece of legislation, but they all felt they need to send a signal, okay? Now, part of this is about Israel now, about Benjamin Netanyahu now, about what's happened in Israel recently with Gaza, right?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–7:27
2
Why did the House Democratic caucus split over cutting aid to Israel?
7:27–13:53
3
What explanations did individual House Democrats give for voting to cut off Israeli aid?
13:53–23:44
4
How has support for Israel shifted within the Democratic Party and why does it matter for 2028?
23:44–47:46
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How did Rahm Emanuel and J.D. Vance illustrate the changing U.S. debate on Israel?
47:46–1:11:33
Speakers
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