Way more Dems than Golden want to continue this war. But they know it's politically toxic to vote for this war.
So Dem leadership gets Golden to be the one vote to make sure this fails. He's not running for re-election, so he has nothing to lose. That's how this works.
Food trucks used to sell you 3 of the best tacos you've had in your life for $5 cash only and then people with Masters degrees started buying them and now it's 3 of the worst tacos you've had in your life for $18.50 plus a recommended 20% tip
At this point, it's abundantly clear that voters want Dems to distance themselves from Israel, and that doing so would actually help them with elections. That they still won't is a testament to the Israel lobby's influence, which deserves much more attention.
If 300+ people died and 1,000+ got injured in any place in the world.
London, NYC, Dubai, Toronto, Paris or any "major city" everyone would be screaming TERRORISM.
But when that HAPPENS within 10 minutes in an afternoon in Beirut, Lebanon by Israel suddenly the world switches up.
Disgusting.
So will April 8 receive as much non-stop global outcry as October 7?
Will it become a litmus test on every mainstream network, where guests are asked, "do you condemn the April 8 massacre?"
Will US politicians hold up pictures of dead Lebanese babies and scream for revenge?
Jared Kushner, who is not an official member of the administration, can text the Saudis and Israelis while lobbying the president to fight Iran, and he's not even a journalist. Moreover he has investments and financial interests in real estate deals in the ME.