The U.S. Senate voted against stopping arms to Israel and voted against a withdrawal of troops from a war with Iran. In other words, they are for both things.
Republicans hold the majority, so they carried the outcome. But notably, roughly 85% of Democrats voted in favor of the restraint measures.
So are Democrats actually against this war? When they held power, they repeatedly voted to fund the war in Ukraine. What changed? And when?
Can we even call this representative government when the majority of Americans do not approve of the war with Iran? It may be representative of their AIPAC funders but it certainly is not representative of the American public.
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