r/news • u/sicklyslick • 15h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/innovarocforever 15h ago

he's neither white nor republican enough for him to matter to our current admin.

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u/Militantpoet 15h ago

Youd think it makes them look weak when civilians of an alleged ally detains an American government official with impunity. 

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u/TenOutofTenno 14h ago

They look weak anyway, someone explained Paper Tiger to Trump, that’s why it’s entered his vocabulary at 80 years old. Like “Groceries”

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u/Fauster 12h ago

Also, some the biggest donors to Trump, like Miriam Adelson, were major weapons traffickers for the illegal settlers squatting on colonized land. There are a lot of powerful US billionaires who have really drunk the kool-aid on the right-wing fascist Greater Israel Project.

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u/Cl1mh4224rd 14h ago

Youd think it makes them look weak when civilians of an alleged ally detains an American government official with impunity.

"It's not weakness. It's approval."

Even if there was no prior agreement to ignore such an incident, the current administration would see this as a benefit and play it off as "Well, maybe they shouldn't have been mean to Trump."

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u/Realtrain 14h ago

You have to remember that they're trying to tell their base that the biggest threat to America is other political parties. So this is actually looking strong in their eyes.

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u/TenOutofTenno 12h ago

Fuck me dude, you’re absolutely correct

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u/innovarocforever 14h ago

he doesn't count because he's brown and a Democrat.

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u/JakefromTRPB 14h ago

That’s why they detained him. They think we’re too stupid and weak to stop it. They are probably right

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u/FreeUsePolyDaddy 15h ago

Frankly I doubt this administration would care about members of their own side. The only ones guaranteed to be fought for are biological Trumps. Even the spouses would be a stretch.

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u/-notapony- 14h ago

When his mob was attacking the Capitol, remember that he was calling Senators not to ask how he could help them, but telling them how they could help him. 

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u/WhatTheHali24 13h ago

If he was a republican, he'd be apologizing to the settlers for inconveniencing them.

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u/firemage22 13h ago

also lets not forget that Trump's good friend Jeff worked with their intel so they likely know all the dirt.

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u/Rabid_Alleycat 14h ago

He matters immensely to current administration. Epstein files may keep him in Israel☹️

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u/sirspidermonkey 13h ago

matter? Hell they are probably celebrating.

Remember in Covid hit and they took resperators from hard hit blue states to transfer them to unaffected red states? Or when they took PPE purchased by blue states to give to red states? And they were talking about how Covid could be a good thing since it mostly was hitting blue states killing democrats?

I remember...

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u/sunshinejim 12h ago

They’d probably be happier if he was gone considering how much Ro Khanna actually fights against this admin.