That is a strategic political calculation, because she knew — and her people knew — that you will not reach the White House if you frolic with war criminals."
Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesThe California Democrat argued that Harris should look toward the example of Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
Advertisement'A very tenuous feeling'If Netanyahu's speech on Wednesday was any indication, there's plenty of wiggle room for Harris to pursue a less deferential approach to Israel than Biden.
Dozens of progressives issued statements affirming that they were boycotting the speech, engaged in other events, or like Harris, simply came up with convenient scheduling conflicts.
He's literally the Trump of Israel," Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida told me.
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