Sen. Elissa Slotkin

Michigan freshman Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who is Jewish and has been a long-time supporter of Israel, says she favors blocking the U.S. sale of offensive weapons to Israel.

"I have been a strong supporter of the Jewish State of Israel my whole life. And I still am. But despite the fact that Hamas began this bloody round of conflict—and refuses to release the hostages—the images of emaciated children are hard to turn away from. As are the calls from Michiganders who have friends and family trying to survive in Gaza," she wrote on X Thursday night.

Her statement was met with both favorable and critical responses from X readers.

She writes on X:

Last night I unfortunately missed a vote series on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval regarding the sale of weapons to Israel

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