The Democratic votes on the pair of resolutions from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., were not enough to overcome universal opposition from Republicans.
Still, the votes represented a watershed moment in the party’s relationship with Israel and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel had continued to enjoy strong support from Democratic leaders, despite outrage from the base over the war on Gaza. Sanders said the votes signaled that party leaders are finally taking note.
“This is where the American people are. The polls are very clear: The overwhelming majority of American people do not want to continue to give weapons to Netanyahu and his horrific wars in the Mideast,” he said. “I think the Democrats have caught on to that. It took a little while, but they caught on to that. But Republicans, I think, are standing in opposition to millions of their own supporters.”
DIdn’t the DNC vote those sorts of policies down in terms of adding em to the next platform when they run? Seem to recall seeing that recently.
If so, my guess is this is a political maneuver to try and reclaim the votes they lost for unflinching support of Israel. It’s the “Well, we can all vote no now, to look good to the voters and hedge our bets to get elected – but then once elected, we just go back to the status quo, which we technically never said we’d veer away from, so no harm no foul”.