Democrats have had to snap back to reality with Netanyahu

For the past few days, Democrats have been euphoric. Many clearly feel like they finally have a shot at winning the presidential election, now that President Joe Biden has announced he will not seek re-election.

The president will give an Oval Office address this evening explaining his decision.

Vice President Kamala Harris has been on a blitz, swiftly earning numerous endorsements from every wing of the Democratic Party.

During Harris’s first speech as a candidate for president in Milwaukee, she received a raucous applause as she laid into Project 2025.

The Trump campaign for its part has scrambled to regroup, resorting to copying and pasting their attacks against Biden onto Harris. And on Tuesday, the Trump campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to block Harris from touching the Biden campaign’s $90 million warchest.

But on Wednesday, Democrats got a snapback to reality when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address to Congress.

Before the Biden bedlam, no issue had divided Democrats more than Israel’s military response to Hamas following the October 7 attacks. Progressives responded to the war — which has led to over 35,000 Palestinian deaths — by calling for a ceasefire and many of them voted against providing Israel additional aid in April. More than 38 Democratic members of Congress — including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, former House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — all boycotted the Netanyahu address.

Indeed, many Democrats who otherwise support Israel have sharply criticized the Netanyahu government lately. Sara Jacobs, the youngest Jewish-American member of Congress, told The Independent