On Saturday, former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) discussed President Joe Biden's Israel support strategy during a speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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00:00 Love you too. Thank you. Shabbat Shalom.
00:07 I want to first say a special point to Vice President Mike Pence.
00:19 He's been a good man of faith. He's been a good man of service.
00:24 He has fought for America and he has fought for Israel and we all owe him a debt of gratitude.
00:42 It's great to be back at the RJC. I have to say I wish we were meeting under better conditions.
00:49 But here we are. It's nice to have so many Israel supporters in one room.
00:55 Lord knows we need more of them in America right now.
01:00 The world is on fire. But here in America, we're acting like it's September 10th when we were blind to the world's dangers.
01:09 We need to remember what it felt like on September 12th.
01:14 America has to get this right. For the sake of our brothers and sisters in Israel, for the sake of the American people,
01:22 we need to wake up. We need to regain our moral clarity.
01:27 And we don't just need to remind ourselves about the difference between good and evil.
01:33 We need to commit ourselves to ensure that good defeats evil.
01:38 That means fighting anti-Semitism in Congress and on college campuses.
01:49 And it means giving Israel everything she needs to destroy Hamas.
01:54 Eliminate Hamas once and for all. Finish them.
02:04 The video that just played showed some of the battles we fought together.
02:09 We fought BDS. I was the first governor in the country to sign anti-BDS legislation.
02:18 We fought bias at the United Nations. We fought to defund UNRWA and leave the UN Human Rights Council.
02:27 We defended America's decision to acknowledge the truth that Jerusalem is and will always be the capital of Israel.
02:41 We won a lot of important victories. But the reason we won is what I want to discuss today.
02:48 We won because we stood on principle.
02:53 In this room, we understand the fundamental difference between right and wrong, between good and evil.
03:00 And when we see evil, we must always meet it head on.
03:05 Not with half steps and empty words. Not with fear.
03:09 But with strong action and a full-throated defense of the truth.
03:14 America needs that spirit now.
03:17 We need leaders who stand on principle, without apology and without exception.
03:22 And nowhere do we need that kind of leader more than in the Oval Office.
03:28 [Applause]
03:34 What's happening in Israel is a clear-cut case of good and evil.
03:40 It doesn't get more clear than freedom-loving people defending themselves against barbaric terrorists.
03:48 I'm glad that many in both parties are supporting Israel right now.
03:52 I'm glad Joe Biden is saying some of the right things.
03:56 But his actions haven't always matched his words.
04:00 If you stand with Israel, you don't cozy up to Iran.
04:05 [Applause]
04:10 Biden followed in Obama's Iran-sympathizing footsteps by helping Israel's number one enemy.
04:17 There would be no Hamas without Iran.
04:20 And there would be no murders without Iran giving the green light.
04:25 It took a massacre of biblical proportions to get Biden to stand up for Israel.
04:33 I pray that it lasts. But I won't hold my breath.
04:38 We've seen this too many times.