WNBA player Natasha Cloud calls out Israel on Oct 7 while blaming Republicans for government shutdown

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New York Liberty player Natasha Cloud made unsubstantiated claims that American taxpayers pay for free healthcare for Israeli citizens while weighing in on the current U.S. government shutdown on Tuesday, the two-year mark of the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel.

"Happy Tuesday. Our government is shut down because Republicans want to take hardworking Americans healthcare. ISRAEL has free healthcare. Paid for by none other than THE US TAX PAYERS. Like what tf are we actually talking about?" Cloud wrote on X. 

Israel has its own universal healthcare system funded by a national income tax and an income-related health tax paid by its residents. However, some U.S. aid does indirectly impact Israel's healthcare sector, primarily through military aid and smaller, targeted grants for medical equipment. 

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New York Liberty guard Natasha Cloud (9) during a game against the Golden State Valkyries at Barclays Center.  (John Jones/Imagn Images)

Meanwhile, Senate Democrats blocked Republicans’ bid to reopen the government for a sixth time on Wednesday as pressure and threats from the White House increased. Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have made the fight to reopen the government about healthcare, specifically through the blunt instrument of expiring tax credits under Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Cloud's post garnered criticism and fact checking on social media. 

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