Sheldon Adelson is anguished/angry, CNN reports. While Israel advocate Martin Indyk says the mood is sour.
Israeli mood soured by Masada speech cancellation, 15 minutes at Yad Vashem, refusal to call Western Wall Israel's or move embassy to J'm.
Israeli mood soured by Masada speech cancellation, 15 minutes at Yad Vashem, refusal to call Western Wall Israel's or move embassy to J'm.
McCarthy fired back at the report on Twitter on Wednesday, saying, "This was an attempt at humor gone wrong."
A spokesman for Ryan said the remarks were meant as humor and had been taken out of context.
"This entire year-old exchange was clearly an attempt at humor. No one believed the majority leader was seriously asserting that Donald Trump or any of our members were being paid by the Russians," Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck said.
Republican Representative Dana Rohrabacher on Wednesday told reporters that McCarthy's quip was a joke. "The trouble is, when you ever try to be funny, it is really taken seriously by a third party, and that's what's happened here," he said.
Comment: War is expensive. Talk is cheap...but so worth every penny!
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