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Source: https://jewishinsider.com/2023/11/senators-emerge-shaken-from-screening-of-hamas-attack-footage/
Senators Emerge Shaken from Screening of Hamas Attack Footage
(Jewish Insider) Marc Rod - Nearly 40 senators who viewed footage from Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel on Tuesday emerged from the screening shaken, some of them in tears. "We must bear witness to what they did, to honor the memories of the thousands of families who lost loved ones, friends, beloved family members," said Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), who co-organized the screening with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). "There are those who wish to deny what happened. We need to let the world know what happened here." "It's important that we see it now, in real time, because Hamas has vowed to repeat this day over and over, over and over....They have promised to export this terror. So we need to show people who they really are and what they plan to do and how they plan to do it." Sen. Rubio said, "The one thing that struck me is how proud and gleeful these people were [about] what they were doing to unarmed civilians, children, people sitting around at home having breakfast, kids out at a rave party. It gives you insight into what human beings are capable of." "It's the face of evil," said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). "There is a level of evil and hate and depravity that defies words. And it is astonishing that there are still some in America and across the globe who deny these atrocities occurred. This was not combat. This was the slaughter of innocent civilians. And the joy and celebration among those terrorists as they were murdering children - it simply defies words." "It shook all of us up in the room," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). "I had to go sit in my office for a half hour alone after seeing it." Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Senate majority whip, said, "It's just graphic violence and death." Sen. Rosen added, "Israel has to protect themselves and the world from the brutal, brutal terror that Hamas waged in Israel and has promised to wage again."