US EditionTrump nominee for Kuwait ambassador, grilled at confirmation hearing, loses support over Israel views
Senator Cruz opposes Ghalib's nomination citing antisemitic statements, opposition to Abraham Accords, and support for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions policies against Israel.
- On Thursday, a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee took place, where Amer Ghalib struggled to win over skeptical senators including Sen. Ted Cruz .
- Amer Ghalib's record as mayor included backing Hamtramck's BDS resolution drafted by Jewish Voice for Peace and liking posts praising Saddam Hussein and calling Jews `monkeys`.
- Senators pressed Amer Ghalib on Holocaust-related and Oct. 7 questions, asking four times if he supports Israel's right to exist and seeking proof he distanced himself from offensive remarks.
- With bipartisan criticism mounting, multiple Republicans and Democrats including Sen. David McCormick and Sen. Pete Ricketts rebuked Ghalib, while the White House stayed silent and GOP opposition grows.
- Ghalib argued his personal views are distinct from his official roles, urging senators to judge his actions and promising to implement President Donald Trump's policies despite warnings from Senate Foreign Relations Committee members.
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Trump nominee for Kuwait ambassador grilled at confirmation hearing, loses support on Israel views
Amer Ghalib faces tough questioning from Republicans over past anti-Israel stances at his confirmation hearing for Kuwait ambassadorship, putting his nomination at risk.
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Trump nominee for Kuwait ambassador, grilled at confirmation hearing, loses support over Israel views
After Amer Ghalib became the most prominent Muslim politician in the country to endorse Donald Trump for president last year, he did so on pro-Palestinian grounds. And he was rewarded with a plum position: the administration’s ambassadorship to Kuwait. But the mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, had to get through Senate approval first. And at Thursday’s confirmation hearing before the foreign relations committee, multiple Republicans broke rank and t…
Trump's ambassador nominee struggles to explain antisemitic record in contentious Hill hearing
Amer Ghalib, the mayor of Hamtramck, Mich., and President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, struggled to win over skeptical senators of both parties during his confirmation hearing on Thursday as he faced a grilling over his long record of promoting antisemitic ideas and embracing anti-Israel positions as an elected official. Ghalib was grilled by Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committe…
Ted Cruz Goes After Trump Nominee — Takes Issue With Past Wild Statements: ‘Do You Continue to Believe Saddam Hussein Was a Martyr?’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was one of the Republicans to grill Hamtramck, Michigan Mayor Amer Ghalib (D) about his past controversial statements about Jewish people and Saddam Hussein during a tense confirmation hearing on Thursday. Cruz told Ghalib he would not be supporting his nomination to be ambassador of Kuwait by President Donald Trump, telling him at one point that his views on the Middle East stand in direct contradiction with the president’s…
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