Republican lawmakers and leaders react to Israel’s retaliatory attacks against Iran: ‘The United States stands with Israel’

republican legislators and leaders expressed support for Israel after the Jewish nation launched a retaliatory attack against Iran after the Islamic Republic unleashed a barrage of missiles earlier this month.

“The United States stands with Israel,” former Vice President Mike Pence wrote in a post.

Senator Tim ScottRS.C., echoed Pence’s sentiment and said that Israel is “our great ally.”

ISRAEL BEGINS RETALIARY ATTACKS AGAINST IRAN FOLLOWING MISSILE WATER AGAINST ISRAELIS

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Hudson Institute on September 18, 2023 in Washington, DC (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

“The United States continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with our great ally Israel in the face of terrorism,” he wrote.

Senator James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, wrote“The United States supports Israel.”

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on March 2, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. (Alex Wong)

Other lawmakers took to social media to share that they supported the Israeli military as it “defends itself against the evil iranian regime“.

“God bless Israel as it seeks to defend itself against the evil Iranian regime for these ferocious attacks over the past year and decades before, only emboldened by the weak Biden-Harris administration that allegedly leaked its plans,” said Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican. . Florida, he wrote. “The United States must stand with Israel today and always.”

“Iran is on the ‘discover’ side of the equation right now. I’m with Israel,” he said. former state representative Tim WhelanR-Mass., he wrote. “May Almighty God keep the IAF and IDF safe.”

Israeli officials at Kirya headquarters during the attack in Iran (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

The Republican Party’s reaction came after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that it was “carrying out targeted attacks against military personnel.” targets in Iran.“

“The Iranian regime and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7, on seven fronts, including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” the Israeli military said in a statement.

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“Like any other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and duty to respond. Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized. We will do whatever is necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel.”

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman and Brie Stimson contributed to this report.