REP. LIEU STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP’S SELECTION OF DAVID FRIEDMAN FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL
January 5, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump's selection of David Friedman for U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
"I strongly support the two-state solution because it is the only way for Israel to have peace and remain both democratic and Jewish. Supporting a two-state solution has been a bipartisan, long-standing tenet of American foreign policy. Unfortunately, Trump, who lost the popular vote, has nominated David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel – a person who rejects a two-state solution. I cannot in good conscience support Mr. Friedman and urge the United States Senate to not confirm him."
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