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“It has never been more important than it is right now for us to stand with our closest ally in the Middle East,” Mr. Johnson said Tuesday, castigating Ms. Harris and other Democrats for missing the speech.
“She needs to be held accountable for that,” Mr. Johnson said of the vice president. “The idea that they’re making political calculations when our ally is in such dire straits fighting for its very survival and fighting back against the horrific attack of Oct. 7 is unconscionable to us.”
(Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, was also planning to miss the speech because he had “duties to fulfill” on the campaign trail, according to Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, though neither Mr. Johnson nor any other Republican spoke up on Tuesday to criticize him for it.) …”