On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s former chief of staff outlandishly claimed Utah Sen. Mike Lee is only interested in making sure America “doesn’t kill Hamas.” The comments were in reference to the Utah senator’s opposition to the disastrous border bill released by congressional leadership earlier this week.
“The loudest voices in the room” criticizing this bill “don’t give a sh-t about the border,” Josh Holmes said during a “Ruthless Podcast” discussion. “Their one thing that they care deeply about is to make sure that we don’t kill Hamas. That’s it, and I’m being deadly serious about that. I’m talking about people like Mike Lee.”
Prior to co-founding Cavalry LLC, a political consulting group, in 2015, Holmes served as McConnell’s chief of staff from 2010-2013, and later spearheaded the Kentucky senator’s 2014 reelection campaign. In his Tuesday remarks, the McConnell acolyte specifically attacked Lee, who has criticized McConnell and Senate GOP leadership for secretly scheming with Senate Democrats on crafting the legislation without input from the Republican caucus.
“The only thing that [Lee] really wants to make sure of is that we don’t kill Hamas. That’s it,” Holmes claimed. “He doesn’t give a sh-t about the immigration bill.”
While touted as a success by GOP leadership, the recently released bill would do nothing to halt the ongoing invasion at the U.S.-Mexico border. In addition to gifting $60 billion and $14 billion to Ukraine and Israel, respectively, the legislation would allow the secretary of Homeland Security to authorize a
