Dear Senator Portman,
Thank you for recent e-mail newsletter detailing the energy and passion with which you are serving the citizens of Ohio.
I especially liked the article about Supporting Israel, in which you demonstrate your ability to join bipartisan support ... for the timeliest of issues
Well, I get it that we need to support our allies, so thanks for that.
But here is the part I don't get : do you appreciate the irony in the fact that you are telling our current President that you won't respect your current constitutional duty to vote on his nominee for the Supreme Court, and yet you are urging the President to act urgently to update the MOU with Israel .... which expires in 2018 ! That's brilliant. I hope the President returns your phone call on this.
In the meantime .... please re-read Article II, Sec 2 of the Constitution, and recall the oath to which you pledged in January of this year, to assess whether your request to the President to act quickly on an agreement that expires two years from now while you roadblock progress on a current and constitutionally defined need of this country is based on good judgement and respectful of the responsibilities that you have to the citizens of Ohio ... and then please #doyourjob, or do the honorable thing : resign.
Sincerely,
Thank you for recent e-mail newsletter detailing the energy and passion with which you are serving the citizens of Ohio.
I especially liked the article about Supporting Israel, in which you demonstrate your ability to join bipartisan support ... for the timeliest of issues
On Monday, Portman (R-OH) joined a bipartisan group of Senators led by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) urging the Administration to quickly conclude a strengthened Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide Israel with the resources it needs to defend itself.
The current MOU expires in 2018.
“Israel is our closest ally in arguably the most strategically significant region in the world.” said Portman. “And whether from terrorist groups like ISIS, the destabilizing behavior of an emboldened Iran, or from chaos in Syria, Israel faces increasingly grave threats to its security. As the Middle East continues to descend into violence and chaos, American support of this oasis of freedom and democracy is especially critical.”
Well, I get it that we need to support our allies, so thanks for that.
But here is the part I don't get : do you appreciate the irony in the fact that you are telling our current President that you won't respect your current constitutional duty to vote on his nominee for the Supreme Court, and yet you are urging the President to act urgently to update the MOU with Israel .... which expires in 2018 ! That's brilliant. I hope the President returns your phone call on this.
In the meantime .... please re-read Article II, Sec 2 of the Constitution, and recall the oath to which you pledged in January of this year, to assess whether your request to the President to act quickly on an agreement that expires two years from now while you roadblock progress on a current and constitutionally defined need of this country is based on good judgement and respectful of the responsibilities that you have to the citizens of Ohio ... and then please #doyourjob, or do the honorable thing : resign.
Sincerely,
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