Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Monday tore into his Republican colleagues during a House Rules Committee meeting to advance legislation codifying a definition of anti-Semitism. Massie accused Republicans of laying performative “sticky traps” for Democrats on the issue and slammed his colleagues for advancing “xenophobic” bills sanctioning foreign countries.
“So, you know, I didn’t vote for one of these resolutions that came to the floor. That’s why I’m reluctant. I mean, I intend to vote for the rule, but we’re just getting worn out by these resolutions,” Massie said of House resolutions on anti-Semitism following the brutal Oct. 7th attacks in Israel.
“We’ve done three dozen now since Mike Johnson became speaker, and we’ve sliced it and diced it every way you can do it. Everybody’s introduced, almost, at this point, a bill to deal with something along these lines since October 7th,” he continued, adding:
None of them actually get to anything …