Israel war: Scott says ‘we need to make sure that they have all the resources they need’

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) shared his support on Wednesday for helping Israel “have all of the resources they need.”

“What we know without question is that there cannot be a hint of daylight between us, the United States of America, and Israel as they respond to this attack. It is absolutely essential that they know we have their backs. We stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel,” Scott said on CBS Mornings.

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The senator added, “We need to make sure that they have all the resources they need.”

As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Scott shared reassuring sentiments about the “good news” of the U.S.-Israel relationship as a long-held “partnership” with Israel and their military.

“We will need to fill some of the assets and resources that will be depleted along the way,” he said.

Scott pushed back on questions about the linkage of Iran and Hamas’s planning of the terror attack on Israel with clear examples of Iranian leadership’s support of Hamas.

“We can see it reinforced throughout the globe that when there’s weakness in the White House, there’s blood in the streets,” the Republican presidential candidate said.

Scott continued, “When you negotiate and give $6 billion, you create a market for hostages, and the response to that has been Iran and Hamas working together without much of a question.”

On Tuesday, the senator called on the Senate Banking Committee to hold a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and for a Senate investigation into the release of $6 billion to Iran.

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“As the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee with direct jurisdiction over our economic national security tools, including sanctions, I will push for Chairman Brown to invite and urge Treasury Secretary Yellen to testify as soon as possible on the $6 billion recently transferred to Iran and any sanctions gaps we might have with respect to Iran,” Scott said.

Scott called on rigorous congressional oversight by investigating what led the Biden administration to allow a transfer of $6 billion to Iran and how it could expect Iran not to use that money to continue to fuel terrorism.