Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally on June 28, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
"Kamala Harris’ refusal to greet Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the tarmac is reprehensible," Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, said in a statement. "Her plan to boycott his joint address to Congress is shameful. It’s clear that Harris sides with the woke antisemitic members of her party. Texas will always stand with Israel."
"Kamala Harris didn’t greet Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday when he landed. She’ll skip his joint address to Congress. And other Democrat senators are planning to skip it as well. Republicans stand with Israel. The Left doesn’t," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, posted on X.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Harris skipping the speech is "cowering to the radical left's antisemitism."
"It's been 291 days since Iran-back Hamas terrorists brutally attacked Israel and took so many hostages, including Americans," Scott said. "When @Netanyahu arrived yesterday, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris refused to meet him, once again turning their back on our friend and ally Israel. Then Harris doubled down on her disrespect of our ally by refusing to preside over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to a Joint Session of Congress."
Security fencing was put up around the U.S. Capitol as of Tuesday morning ahead of Netanyahu's speech the next day. (Getty Images)
Among the 120 hostages held by Hamas, eight are U.S. citizens.
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An aide to the vice president told Fox News Digital that while she won't be present at the address, Harris will meet with Netanyahu at the White House sometime during his visit to Washington, D.C.
Fox News' Julia Johnson contributed to this report.
Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.
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