Recent comments from Rep. Scholten further demonstrates her hypocrisy when it comes to war and militarism

Over the past few days Rep. Hillary Scholten has shared her thoughts and opinions on her Facebook page about the US/Israeli war on Iran and how it relates to US domestic realities.

The most recent post includes a meme – here on the right – which included this commentary:

You’re making tough financial choices every day trying to afford groceries, rent, and gas. You shouldn’t be asked to fund another endless war while doing it. We need to get our priorities straight.

I fully agree with these sentiments. However, how in the hell does Rep. Scholten have the audacity to make such a statement without even acknowledging the fact that she supported the same thing when Biden was president?

Rep. Hillary Scholten has voted for the massive US military budget every year she has been in Congress starting in 2023.

Rep. Hillary Scholten has voted to provide $3.8 billion in US military aid to Israel each year she has been a member of Congress and she voted in 2024 to provide an additional $15.3 billion is additional US military aid to Israel.

Not once did Rep. Scholten post a meme condemning the Biden Administration for funding war, militarism and genocide, while Americans are struggling to make ends meet. According to the National Priorities Project $2.1 billion in tax dollars la year eaves the 3rd Congressional District, Rep. Scholten’s district, to fund US militarism abroad.

In another recent post on her Facebook page, Rep. Scholten once again engages in Hypocritical commentary. Here Rep. Scholten is talking about the US bombing of the Iranian school that resulted in killing at least Iranian school girls. Rep. Scholten refers to this bombing as unconscionable, which she says twice. Again, I agree with this sentiment, but all throughout the time that Rep. Scholten has unconditionally supported Israel”s genocide not once has she condemned the Israeli military killing of Palestinian children or referred to those deaths as unconscionable. On the 2nd anniversary of the Israeli genocide at least 20,000 Palestinian children were killed by the Israeli military.

The hypocrisy of Rep. Scholten is so evident in her recent posts. When the Trump Administration commits war crimes it is unconscionable. However, when the Biden Administration was doing it supplying weapons to Israel, it was always about “defending our ally in the Middle East.” Only people with partisan blinders are dumb enough to not see this double standard from Rep. Scholten.

Infographic above is from https://visualizingpalestine.org/visual/177-school-buses/.