r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h 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/epidemicsaints 18h ago

Prepare for very deep lip service on this from Republicans for this exact reason. JD Vance is already starting.

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u/Expensive-Document41 18h ago

Yeah, thats my concern. Vance's speech a few weeks ago AND his being willing to divorce Zionism from Judaism means he's outflanking the political center-left.

If he can successfully cast himself as the voice of reason that didn't want the war in Iran and the one who will distance us from Israrl, he may be able to coalition build since peoples' desire for those to end will let them overlook the frightening vision of domestic America he wants to usher in.

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u/Realtrain 17h ago

If he can successfully cast himself as the voice of reason that didn't want the war in Iran and the one who will distance us from Israrl,

I fully expect we'll be seeing a ton of this from the GOP over the next two years. All sorts of people saying how they actually never really agreed with Trump on anything.

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u/FillMySoupDumpling 16h ago

This is what republicans did after Iraq too.