U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their concern over the administration's decision to pause weapons shipments to Israel, allegedly influenced by pro-Hamas protesters. The letter, prompted by recent bipartisan efforts to pass an emergency national security supplemental appropriations bill that included urgent assistance to Israel, demands answers and seeks clarification from Biden regarding the delay. The top Republican leaders have asked for a response by the end of the week, highlighting their alarm at media reports about the paused shipments.
BREAKING: House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell send a letter to President Joe Biden expressing alarm over his decision to cave to pro-Hamas protesters and withhold sending a shipment of bombs to Israel. https://t.co/5sD2LPafsL
Johnson/McConnell letter to Biden: Having recently worked on a bipartisan basis to pass an emergency national security supplemental appropriations bill that included urgent assistance to Israel, we were alarmed by media reports that your Administration had delayed the delivery of…
BREAKING: US House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell send letter to President Biden expressing that they are 'alarmed by media reports that your Administration had delayed the delivery of a variety of weapons shipments bound for Israel'
From Punchbowl News. Breaking news: Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have sent a new letter to President Joe Biden, demanding answers about why the administration has paused weapons shipments to Israel. Here's the letter: https://t.co/NNU4Lz71wE https://t.co/RVj4yFxyTp
BREAKING: Speaker Johnson and Senate minority leader McConnell send a letter to President Biden expressing alarm about the decision to pause a weapons shipment to Israel and ask for clarification by the end of the week https://t.co/OLd7agcEf1
NEW: Speaker Johnson and Leader McConnell send letter to Biden demanding answers on stalled weapons shipments to Israel https://t.co/PBgRgsI7u5
NEW: Speaker Johnson & Senate GOP Leader McConnell are out with a letter asking the WH for an update on the review that has resulted in a delay in weapons to Israel. https://t.co/G96xDewSEp
NEWS -- @SpeakerJohnson and @LeaderMcConnell have a letter asking @POTUS why there was a pause in weapons shipments to Israel. The two top Republicans are demanding information from the W.H. https://t.co/VyJVZCDfZu