3.1K views · 110 reactions | I delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor honoring President George H. W. Bush: | Senator Mitch McConnell | Facebook

Sen. Mitch McConnell, 83, gives President Trump "credit" for "backing Israel" by striking Iran but insists "the pace of progress toward peace [in Gaza] needs to be set by Israel." "The decision to advance further in the ceasefire framework should be Israel's to make," he says. "The Jewish state will determine its own destiny in defense, in foreign and regional policy, and, very importantly, in domestic politics." (Israel must decide the policy, and America must pay for it.) | Hidden Americans