Biden and Democratic Senate Candidates Face No Pressure to Oppose Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Last Thursday, Chuck Schumer called on Israel to hold new elections and oust Benjamin Netanyahu before his four-year term is up. Noah Rothman and National Review’s editorial both dismantled the errors in this ham-fisted attempt to meddle in the democratic politics of an American ally whose voters and politicians do not appreciate the effort. Netanyahu’s predecessor as prime minister, Naftali Bennett, blasted Schumer’s meddling, and so did the current opposition leader, Benny Gantz.

This, from the same Chuck Schumer who has been busy in recent years posturing against Russian interference in U.S. elections — only because it’s not in the direction he favors — while calling American elections a “rigged game,” threatening Supreme Court justices, allowing a paid foreign agent to lead the Senate Foreign Relations committee for over a year, embracing mobs who shut down state legislatures, demanding that his critics be taken off the airwaves, and spending money to help “stop the steal” and MAGA candidates win Republican primaries. So, let’s just say that Schumer is not exactly in a position to be lecturing anybody else about democratic norms or responsible leadership.

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Last Thursday, Chuck Schumer called on Israel to hold new elections and oust Benjamin Netanyahu before his four-year term is up. Noah Rothman and National Review’s editorial both dismantled the errors in this ham-fisted attempt to meddle in the democratic politics of an American ally whose voters and politicians do not appreciate the effort. Netanyahu’s predecessor as prime minister, Naftali Bennett, blasted Schumer’s meddling, and so did the current opposition leader, Benny Gantz.

This, from the same Chuck Schumer who has been busy in recent years posturing against Russian interference in U.S. elections — only because it’s not in the direction he favors — while calling American elections a “rigged game,” threatening Supreme Court justices, allowing a paid foreign agent to lead the Senate Foreign Relations committee for over a year, embracing mobs who shut down state legislatures, demanding that his critics be taken off the airwaves, and spending money to help “stop the steal” and MAGA candidates win Republican primaries. So, let’s just say that Schumer is not exactly in a position to be lecturing anybody else about democratic norms or responsible leadership.