WATCH: Margaret Brennan gets COOKED by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter over Ro Khanna's incursion in the West Bank
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, before I let you go, there were two high-profile incidents I want to quickly touch on here. One, a CNN crew attacked in the West Bank by what they say were four settlers. There was also an incident with Ro Khanna, the congressman from California, who said he was his vehicles he was in were stopped by Israeli settlers, and then when the IDF showed up, they were on the side of the settlers, not him. He said "[i]t's not a good idea to detain longshot presidential candidates". It was a warning to your government. Do you think your government needs to apologize to both him and those CNN journalists?
MICHAEL LEITER: Any violence is to be condemned. No excuses, no explanations. Okay. So if CNN crew was attacked, that needs to be condemned, and I'm doing so right now. And we need to do a better job.
BRENNAN: You are condemning it [unint]--
LEITER: --If- if- if it was- actually took place as they've reported it, absolutely condemning it. We need to rein in violence on all sides. Now, in terms of Ro Khanna, we reached out to him when we heard he was going to Israel, the Israeli embassy here in Washington. As all congressmen do, they coordinate their trip with the Israeli government. We suggested he visit with- with survivors of the October 7th massacre. That he visit the borders, so he understands the, the issues that we have in our borders and so on. He ignored that and he decided to coordinate his trip not with Israel, but with Palestinian activists and with J Street, which is a anti-government, anti-Israeli government advocacy group here in Washington. So you know he coordinated--
BRENNAN: It's a Jewish lobby group…
LEITER: Well, it's--
BRENNAN: …that is supportive of a different path for Israel.
LEITER: Yeah, yeah. I- I play tennis once a year. That doesn't make me a tennis player. The fact that they call themselves a Jewish organization is- is irrelevant. They're- they're- an advocacy group against the government of Israel. That has to be clear.
BRENNAN: The current government, Netanyahu government.
LEITER: Yes. Yes--
BRENNAN: That's what you mean, the government you work for.
LEITER: And Congressman Khanna, there has been no secret about his antipathy towards the government of Israel as well. So perhaps if he would have coordinated the trip- and then you know to have this incident on Wednesday and wait to release it on Saturday, maybe this had more something to do with his support of- of Graham Platner beforehand and the difficulties he had with that, and trying to shift the focus to something else. Perhaps I'm asking a question.
BRENNAN: Well, we did hear from Congressman Khanna, who said that there was an alert to the embassy on his behalf, and that they asked for the news…
LEITER: --There was not, there was not--
BRENNAN: …to be held until he had left the country, as well.
LEITER: There was a question. There was not an alert. There was a question about visas. That's all. But when we requested that he coordinate the trip with us, he rejected that by basically staying silent. So that's unfortunate. This whole incident is unfortunate. And if- if somebody, it's kind of interesting that somebody wants to declare a presidential run by running off to Israel? Not strange?
BRENNAN: Well, we're going to have to leave it there, sir. There's so much more to talk about with you, but I'm out of time. Thank you for coming.
LEITER: Thank you, Margaret. Good to be with you.
BRENNAN: And we'll be right back with a lot more. Face the Nation. Stay with us.
Candace Owens is a social media skulldugger.
She is truly an immoral slanderer and a bottomless pit of nauseating lies and easily disproved innuendo.
A vile soulless traitor to those who helped her, she is a parasite living off the vacuous ghouls who have lost all of their sense of decency.
🚨Watch Megyn Kelly CONFRONTED with the reality of the "INSANITY" of Candace Owens and the harm she's caused for Erika Kirk, the Kirk family, and the prosecution - and Kelly STILL DEFEND HER and her theories about Israel's alleged involvement in Charlie Kirk's death:
"I genuinely believe she was traumatised by watching her friend die. I think she's in earnest. I think she's in her own search for what she believes happened."
Kelly proceeds to rant about "Jewish donors" and Israeli cell phones on the UVU campus that day, continuing to promote Candace Owens' conspiracy theory that Israel may have been involved in Charlie Kirk's death.
@appiecule Fact check: Bottom line: The viral post is almost certainly fake. While Ibrahimović has publicly defended and praised Messi on several occasions, there is no credible record that he made this specific statement.