Bill Maher doesn’t mince words, and watching him corner Jake Sullivan on his show was a masterclass in exposing what the Democratic Party has become. The numbers tell a story that should alarm anyone who values strategic alliances and moral clarity. Eighty-five percent of Senate Democrats just voted to block military sales to Israel. Not aid. Not charity. Sales. Israel was trying to buy equipment with its own money, and the modern Democratic Party said no.
Let that sink in for a moment. Only seven Democratic senators stood with Israel when Bernie Sanders pushed his Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to stop $295 million in military bulldozers and $152 million in precision munitions. Seven. Out of forty-seven. Chuck Schumer, John Fetterman, Kirsten Gillibrand, Richard Blumenthal, Chris Coons, Jacky Rosen, and Catherine Cortez Masto. That’s the entire list of Democrats willing to let our closest Middle Eastern ally defend itself.
Sullivan’s defense was breathtaking in its audacity. He actually argued that those forty Democrats did the right thing because they shouldn’t support a war that “cost American credibility, cost American lives and cost American families at the gas pump.” The mental gymnastics required to blame Israel for American gas prices would be impressive if it weren’t so dangerous. This is the kind of backward reasoning that happens when ideology overtakes strategy, when progressive talking points replace geopolitical reality.
Here’s what Sullivan and those forty senators conveniently forget. Israel didn’t start this war. Hamas launched a brutal terrorist attack on October 7th that killed over 1,200 people, including American citizens. They took hostages. They celebrated in the streets. Israel responded the way any sovereign nation would respond when its people are slaughtered. The idea that defending yourself against terrorists somehow undermines American credibility is absurd on its face.
The Democratic Party’s abandonment of Israel represents something deeper than just foreign policy disagreement. It reveals a fundamental shift in values. The progressive wing has successfully convinced most of the party that Israel is an oppressor rather than a democracy surrounded by hostile forces. They’ve rewritten history to cast the only free society in the Middle East as the villain. This isn’t just bad strategy. It’s moral confusion dressed up as enlightenment.
Maher’s response captured the absurdity perfectly. “Well, I see why Biden lost.” Short, brutal, accurate. The American people watched Democrats tie themselves in knots trying to appease their progressive base while abandoning a strategic ally. They watched the party of Harry Truman, who recognized Israel’s right to exist, transform into the party of Bernie Sanders, who thinks selling defensive equipment to a democracy under attack is somehow immoral.
The implications extend far beyond Israel. When America’s word becomes unreliable, when we abandon allies based on domestic political calculations, every partnership becomes suspect. Why would Taiwan trust us? Why would South Korea believe our commitments? The message those forty senators sent wasn’t just about Israel. It was about whether America stands with democracies under threat or cuts them loose when supporting them becomes politically inconvenient.
Sullivan tried to frame this as principled opposition to an unnecessary war. But you know what? Israel doesn’t have the luxury of declaring wars unnecessary. They’re a nation the size of New Jersey surrounded by people who openly call for their destruction. They need those bulldozers. They need those bombs. Not for conquest but for survival. And forty Democratic senators just told them they’re on their own.
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