Gottheimer Turns $60.8 Billion Ukraine Vote Against Lee and Omar After Mistaken Attack
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Gottheimer Turns $60.8 Billion Ukraine Vote Against Lee and Omar After Mistaken Attack
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Summary
Rep. Josh Gottheimer used a 2024 House roll call to rebut Reps. Summer Lee and Ilhan Omar after Lee mistakenly tied him to a Ukraine-bound artillery shell signed by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
The clash began after Gottheimer blasted democratic socialists as trying to “hijack” the Democratic Party, prompting Lee to accuse him of backing bombs and Omar to echo the charge without citing a specific vote.
Gottheimer replied that Lee and Omar themselves voted for the $60.8 billion Ukraine aid package before Shapiro signed the shell, posting the official House record and telling Omar, “You.”
The exchange feeds Gottheimer’s broader claim that Democrats apply a double standard to antisemitism and highlights a widening party split over Israel, with Lee and Omar among 103 Democrats backing a failed amendment to cut $3.3 billion tied to Israel.