Schumer: I Called for New Elections ‘Out of a Real Love for Israel’

Reporter 1: “McConnell said today on the floor that Democrats don’t have anti-Bibi problem, they have an anti-Israel problem. What do you say to him equating basically what you said about Netanyahu on the floor to foreign election interference?”
Schumer: “Let me say this. I care deeply about Israel and its long-term future. When you make the issue partisan, you hurt the cause of helping Israel.”
Reporter 2: “Leader Schumer. Leader Schumer. Leader Schumer.” [crosstalk]
Schumer: “Yes. Yes.”
Reporter 3: “Is it true that Mr. Netanyahu asked to address the Democratic caucus and you declined it?”
Schumer: “As I said, when you make these issues partisan, you’ll hurt the cause of Israel. Yes?”
Reporter 4: “Specific accusation, that you are interfering in a foreign election, you should not show any distance between the United States and a close ally in a time of war. That’s what Republicans are saying.”
Schumer: “Well, let me say this, I gave this speech out of a real love for Israel. And if you read the speech, we called only for there to be an election after the hostilities had declined after Hamas was defeated. Yes?”