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On Tuesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) got hammered for another ignorant statement that clearly exposed her disgust for Israel.<\/p>\n

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The latest uproar erupted after the Bronx leftist took to social media to blast the pending National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). AOC claimed a specific provision in the defense package was an \u201cexistential threat to American sovereignty and democracy\u201d that would \u201cmerge parts of our military with the IDF.\u201d<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for the pushback to come crashing down.<\/p>\n

Critics, lawmakers, and legal experts quickly tore apart the congresswoman\u2019s alarmist claims, pointing out that Section 219 of the bill simply formalizes routine research, development, and technology-sharing between the United States and Israel. The provision involves zero military command mergers, creates no joint operational units, and transfers no American troops under foreign control. Instead, it expands administrative coordination on defensive tech like artificial intelligence, missile defense, and counter-drone systems \u2014 all cooperative practices the United States routinely maintains with key allies.<\/p>\n

EPA Chief Lee Zeldin tore into the New York Democrat, suggesting she focus less on hostility toward Israel and more on basic reading comprehension and critical thinking.<\/p>\n

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FALSE. @AOC, instead of merging the part of your brain that hates Jews with the part of your brain concocting your daily lies, you should try merging the part of your brain responsible for reading bill text with the part of your brain responsible for critical thinking. https:\/\/t.co\/BZeZ90k6MJ<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@LeeMZeldin) July 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) similarly blasted her claims as either wildly ignorant or deliberately deceptive, urging her to stop stoking anti-Jewish sentiment over standard legislative procedure. \u201cGood grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

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Good grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying.<\/p>\n

We are not merging our military with the IDF.<\/p>\n

As we do with many of our allies, we enter into cooperative agreements, share intelligence, develop technology and ammunitions, and conduct military exercises together.<\/p>\n

Stop\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/35fLHbt6Hb<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) July 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, legal scholars emphasized that collaborative defense efforts \u2014 such as the jointly developed Iron Dome and David\u2019s Sling systems \u2014 have been standard U.S. policy for decades, backed by laws signed under former President Barack Obama. Far from being an assault on democracy, they noted that passing defense legislation through normal congressional channels is precisely how constitutional sovereignty is supposed to work.<\/p>\n

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Dear @AOC
Enough. The NDAA does not merge any part of our military with the IDF. A defense cooperation statute is not a threat to sovereignty, and a provision that survived committees and a floor fight is not a threat to democracy just because you don’t like it.
Let me explain: https:\/\/t.co\/QEZYbDDvCc<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mark Goldfeder (@MarkGoldfeder) July 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There were others who bashed her ignorance:<\/p>\n

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Just keep stoking that antisemitism.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) July 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Why do all Jew haters lie? The NDAA creates a joint research & development plan to help both the US and Israel. Either @AOC didn’t read the bill, or she is lying. Or both https:\/\/t.co\/suuSQu1FKR<\/p>\n

\u2014 Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) July 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Can you read?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) July 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This is a lie. In no way does the NDAA merge the US and Israeli militaries totally, partially, or in whatever manner you believe. It encompasses a joint tech development agreement between the 2 nations which we have with other allies. Stop gaslighting<\/p>\n

\u2014 Andrew C Laufer, Esq (@lauferlaw) July 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For AOC, the misfire fits a well-established pattern of inflammatory rhetoric, open hostility toward Israel, and a shaky grasp on Middle Eastern policy.<\/p>\n

Back in an infamous 2018 interview on \u201cFiring Line,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez called Israel \u201coccupiers,\u201d only to stumble awkwardly when pressed on basic details, ultimately confessing on national television that she was \u201cnot the expert on geopolitics.\u201d<\/p>\n

More recently, AOC has doubled down on her hostility toward the Jewish state to appease her far-Left base. During a Democratic Socialists of America forum, she explicitly pledged never to vote for any military aid to Israel, including purely defensive systems like the Iron Dome, which exist solely to intercept incoming rockets aimed at civilians.<\/p>\n

Once again, the Squad leader\u2019s urge to score online political points against Israel has left her exposed, proving that when it comes to basic facts, Ocasio-Cortez is still far out of her depth.<\/p>\n

Read more The Squad Can\u2019t Keep Their Jews Straight<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) got hammered for another ignorant statement that clearly exposed her disgust for Israel.The latest uproar erupted after the Bronx leftist took to social media to blast the pending National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). AOC claimed a specific provision in the defense package was an \u201cexistential threat to American sovereignty and democracy\u201d that would \u201cmerge parts of our military with the IDF.\u201dIt didn\u2019t take long for the pushback to come crashing down.Critics, lawmakers, and legal experts quickly tore apart the congresswoman\u2019s alarmist claims, pointing out that Section 219 of the bill simply formalizes routine research, development, and technology-sharing between the United States and Israel. The provision involves zero military command mergers, creates no joint operational units, and transfers no American troops under foreign control. Instead, it expands administrative coordination on defensive tech like artificial intelligence, missile defense, and counter-drone systems \u2014 all cooperative practices the United States routinely maintains with key allies.EPA Chief Lee Zeldin tore into the New York Democrat, suggesting she focus less on hostility toward Israel and more on basic reading comprehension and critical thinking.FALSE. @AOC, instead of merging the part of your brain that hates Jews with the part of your brain concocting your daily lies, you should try merging the part of your brain responsible for reading bill text with the part of your brain responsible for critical thinking. https:\/\/t.co\/BZeZ90k6MJ\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@LeeMZeldin) July 22, 2026Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) similarly blasted her claims as either wildly ignorant or deliberately deceptive, urging her to stop stoking anti-Jewish sentiment over standard legislative procedure. \u201cGood grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying,\u201d he wrote on X.Good grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying.We are not merging our military with the IDF.As we do with many of our allies, we enter into cooperative agreements, share intelligence, develop technology and ammunitions, and conduct military exercises together.Stop\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/35fLHbt6Hb\u2014 Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) July 22, 2026Meanwhile, legal scholars emphasized that collaborative defense efforts \u2014 such as the jointly developed Iron Dome and David\u2019s Sling systems \u2014 have been standard U.S. policy for decades, backed by laws signed under former President Barack Obama. Far from being an assault on democracy, they noted that passing defense legislation through normal congressional channels is precisely how constitutional sovereignty is supposed to work.Dear @AOCEnough. The NDAA does not merge any part of our military with the IDF. A defense cooperation statute is not a threat to sovereignty, and a provision that survived committees and a floor fight is not a threat to democracy just because you don't like it. Let me explain: https:\/\/t.co\/QEZYbDDvCc\u2014 Mark Goldfeder (@MarkGoldfeder) July 22, 2026There were others who bashed her ignorance:Just keep stoking that antisemitism.\u2014 Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) July 22, 2026Why do all Jew haters lie? The NDAA creates a joint research & development plan to help both the US and Israel. Either @AOC didn't read the bill, or she is lying. Or both https:\/\/t.co\/suuSQu1FKR\u2014 Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) July 22, 2026Can you read?\u2014 Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) July 22, 2026This is a lie. In no way does the NDAA merge the US and Israeli militaries totally, partially, or in whatever manner you believe. It encompasses a joint tech development agreement between the 2 nations which we have with other allies. Stop gaslighting\u2014 Andrew C Laufer, Esq (@lauferlaw) July 22, 2026For AOC, the misfire fits a well-established pattern of inflammatory rhetoric, open hostility toward Israel, and a shaky grasp on Middle Eastern policy.Back in an infamous 2018 interview on \u201cFiring Line,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez called Israel \u201coccupiers,\u201d only to stumble awkwardly when pressed on basic details, ultimately confessing on national television that she was \u201cnot the expert on geopolitics.\u201dMore recently, AOC has doubled down on her hostility toward the Jewish state to appease her far-Left base. During a Democratic Socialists of America forum, she explicitly pledged never to vote for any military aid to Israel, including purely defensive systems like the Iron Dome, which exist solely to intercept incoming rockets aimed at civilians.Once again, the Squad leader\u2019s urge to score online political points against Israel has left her exposed, proving that when it comes to basic facts, Ocasio-Cortez is still far out of her depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-commentary"],"yoast_head":"\nAOC Hammered For More \u2018Lies\u2019 Regarding Israel - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1535\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AOC Hammered For More \u2018Lies\u2019 Regarding Israel - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Tuesday, Rep. 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In no way does the NDAA merge the US and Israeli militaries totally, partially, or in whatever manner you believe. It encompasses a joint tech development agreement between the 2 nations which we have with other allies. Stop gaslighting\u2014 Andrew C Laufer, Esq (@lauferlaw) July 22, 2026For AOC, the misfire fits a well-established pattern of inflammatory rhetoric, open hostility toward Israel, and a shaky grasp on Middle Eastern policy.Back in an infamous 2018 interview on \u201cFiring Line,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez called Israel \u201coccupiers,\u201d only to stumble awkwardly when pressed on basic details, ultimately confessing on national television that she was \u201cnot the expert on geopolitics.\u201dMore recently, AOC has doubled down on her hostility toward the Jewish state to appease her far-Left base. 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