GOP Senator Rand Paul declared Wednesday that Joe Biden’s vow to veto a House bill to strip funding from the IRS and redirect it to Israel is a complete bluff.
While the GOP wants a standalone $14.3 billion package for Israel, the Democrats want to combine that funding into a mammoth spending bill tied to Ukraine aid and spending on the Southern border.
Biden claimed that the GOP proposal, which would cut the same amount in IRS funding that was included in the much maligned Inflation Reduction Act, “inserts partisanship into support for Israel.”
Appearing on “Fox and Friends,” Paul noted “I think President Biden’s bluffing. I don’t think he’ll veto aid to Israel.”
“You really think he’s going to stand up in front of the world and say, ‘Oh, we’re not sending aid to Israel just because it’s paid for’?” Paul added.
Paul said that redirecting spending from elsewhere rather than adding to the deficit is “the conservative thing to do.”
“Friend or foe, whoever we’re giving the money to, it ought to be paid for because our national debt is threatening our national security. Can we give Israel some money? Yeah, but it ought to be paid for. It ought to be paid for by taking it away from something that is harmful to our economy, and that’s more IRS agents,” Paul said, adding “So I think this is a win-win if we get it done.”
The Senator continued, “I think McConnell, Biden and Schumer are going to lose on this ultimately, or if they forced their way, they could potentially topple the Speaker of the House, which I think is a terrible idea.”
Paul added “I think there may be trying to bundle together other parts of aid. But I’ll insist the same, whether it’s Ukraine or Israel that it’s paid for. And so there’s $44 billion in our money. I’m more than happy to rescind all of that if necessary.”
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