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In the meantime, Republicans in Congress have lowered themselves to politicizing the issue by conditioning critical aid to Israel and Gaza civilians on a callously political handout to America’s ultra rich and corporations. The GOP scheme pairs the aid to a cut in funding for the IRS, which would result not only in allowing wealthy tax cheats to get away with their crimes, but also a $26 billion increase in the nation’s budget deficit.<\/p>\n
SEE THIS: Republicans in Congress are Holding Israelis Hostage to Aid for Wealthy American Tax Cheats<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n With all of that roiling the political environment in Washington, Fox News White House correspondent, Peter Doocy, sought to contribute his unique brand of bias and deflection during a press briefing on Thursday morning. The predictably partisan narrative stuffed into his loaded questions resulted in the following exchange with John Kirby, the spokesman for the National Security Council…<\/p>\n Doocy:<\/strong> Talking about getting Americans out of Gaza, President Biden said “I want to thank our partners in the region and particularly Qatar.” The leader of Hamas lives in Qatar. So why is President Biden thanking them for anything? Now, I’m not saying we support Hamas. Of course we don’t. They’re a terrorist organization. And Israel has an absolute right to go after them. But Qatar has lines of communication that not everybody else has, and it would be irresponsible – in fact I would expect that you and everyone else in here would be going after me if we weren’t doing everything that we could, and having every possible conversation we can have, to get Americans that are held hostage back home with their families. If we weren’t doing that it would be diplomatic malpractice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Peter Doocy: "Talking about getting Americans out of Gaza, President Biden said I want to thank our partners in the region and particularly Qatar. The leader of Hamas lives in Qatar. Why is President Biden thanking them for anything?!"<\/p>\n John Kirby: "Oh jeez, Peter!" pic.twitter.com\/98xOazLCnn<\/a><\/p>\n — Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) November 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nKirby:<\/strong> Oh jeez, Peter! Let’s take a step back and look at this.
\nDoocy:<\/strong> This is the group that killed Americans and kidnapped Americans within the last month.
\nKirby:<\/strong> Peter, Qatar has been helpful in getting those Americans out. I’m sure that you would agree with me, and everyone at your network would agree, that getting American hostages out is a good thing. And Qatar is a key player in that regard. Qatar has lines of communication with Hamas that almost nobody else has.<\/p>\n\n