Rick Scott opposes Israeli regime change, checks Chuck Schumer

Florida’s junior Senator is standing up for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the Senate Democratic Leader saying it’s time for the veteran Likud leader to leave office as war rages with Hamas.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York “is calling for the U.S. to meddle in the Israeli government to force leadership change. This is coercion. It’s dangerous (and) undemocratic. America must stand strongly with Israel’s elected leadership, not threaten it as it fights terrorism that wants to destroy it.”

Scott’s comments come after Schumer put pressure on Netanyahu on the Senate floor, as transcribed by a Punchbowl News reporter.