BIBI WATCH: Warren To Skip ‘Political’ Netanyahu Speech

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. listens as the committee works on a bill to approve the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline that fell short of passage in December whe... Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. listens as the committee works on a bill to approve the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline that fell short of passage in December when Democrats ruled the Senate, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Monday evening said she would not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Tuesday, becoming the eighth Democratic senator to boycott the address.

“It’s unfortunate that Speaker Boehner’s actions on the eve of a national election in Israel have made Tuesday’s event more political and less helpful for addressing the critical issue of nuclear nonproliferation and the safety of our most important ally in the Middle East,” Warren said in a statement to the Boston Globe.

Warren still emphasized that she supports Israel.

“I strongly support Israel, and I remain deeply concerned about the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon, which I discussed in detail with Prime Minister Netanyahu when we met in Jerusalem last November,” she said.

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  1. More please.

  2. She’s awesome. If I thought she could actually win the General, I’d be all for her running for President. But as it is, she’s doing a heck of a lot more by just staying in the Senate and driving the narrative and dialog on policy.

    She’d be awesome as a VP candidate, though!

    Wish we could clone her a few times!!!

  3. Agreed, but she’s too important in the Senate, where she could have a big influence for a generation.

  4. You were right the first time. She WOULD be awesome as a VP candidate, but her impact on policy would be greatly diminished.

  5. That’s called being deft.
    Senator Warren fulfills the basic requirement of being a senator and so much more.
    She is a locomotive riding on new tracks. Her legacy will only get more impressive and just to show how you never really know how things are going to work out, the Grand scheme of things, Scott Dumb as a Fencepost Brown was elected so that we would eventually have Elizabeth Warren.
    Thanks, Dumb as a Fencepost Brown and thank you Elizabeth Warren.

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