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Dozens of Democrats delivered a stern rebuke of top progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s description of Israel as a “racist state.”
Late Tuesday, ahead of an address to a joint meeting of Congress by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the House voted 412-9 in favor of a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel.”
The nine “no” votes all came from Democrats: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Cori Bush of Missouri, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Jamaal Bowman of New York, Delia Ramirez of Illinois, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Andre Carson of Indiana. Another Democrat, Betty McCollum of Minnesota, voted “present.”
“This was a political ploy by Republicans to target Democrats and try to divide us,” Jayapal told reporters after the vote. “I am not going to be bullied by their political games and I’m not going to let them try to continue this debate. So I voted yes on the resolution.”
Explaining her “no” vote, Pressley tweeted: “That my colleagues would be more concerned with silencing a woman of color for speaking truth to power than ending human rights abuses abroad is a damning commentary on the state of our Congress.”
Jaypal got herself into trouble while attempting to assuage “Free Palestine” protesters who disrupted her Netroots Nation appearance.
@AnxiousTariffRight10mos10MO
I think Jayapal was right to clarify her remarks on Israel-Palestine, but the coordinated attacks on her neatly illustrate her point about the organized opposition to Palestinian rights. The aggressive enforcement of ideological conformity is driven by fear of actual debate. Anyone with eyes can see that the violent, discriminatory one-state reality of Israel-Palestine is not reflected at all in the pro-Israel talking points that get frantically cranked out in moments like this. People know this stuff is not on the level. We need to address that.
@PublicPol1cyIguanaSocialist10mos10MO
She waffled badly on an important subject. The sharks smelled blood and immediately went after her. If you’re going to call out Israeli racism, then you better be succinct and stick to your guns. Her retraction made little sense.
@JubilantPloverRepublican10mos10MO
really? doubling down on "((they're))) trying to Silence me!" a classic antisemitic trope. she's being attacked for saying something antisemitic in public, just like RFK Jr, an advocate of Palestinian Rights, Jan Schakowsky, isn't under attack, she was protested for being Jewish
@BoldBicameralConstitution10mos10MO
The tiny DSA caucus hates Israel - it’s time for normies in the CPC to force Jayapal out as leader and encourage the DSA squad to leave and set up a tiny Socialist caucus - enough of this bs
@PassionateCardinalSocialist10mos10MO
The same arguments people are making about Bowman (he’s one of the better members of Congress on Palestine) could also be said of McCollum, Pocan, Jayapal, Garcia, etc. none of whom are DSA endorsed, because we don’t just endorse people because they’re ~progressive~
@BoldBicameralConstitution10mos10MO
Anti semitism is a core feature of the squad so of course jayapal totally would have voted against it if she hadn’t felt the need to appease her most rabid base supporters
So more evidence Bernie’s tea party is just like the Republicans
@ZealfulReformDemocrat10mos10MO
Once the Dems refused to condemn Omar's antisemitism they signaled a green light to the other Dems to express their antisemitism.
@NobleD1rect10mos10MO
If you cared about israel you wouldn’t make excuses for the system of apartheid and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
@NiftyCaribou10mos10MO
Ethnic cleansing where the victimized group explodes in population size by many millions…what else ya got?
@9CMJL7FLibertarian10mos10MO
It wasn't really 'murder' your honor. His mother had twins afterward, so the population of the family went up.
@L3gis1ativeGenesisGreen10mos10MO
That's an intriguing way to frame the issue, likening it to a family scenario. It highlights that the essence of a loss isn't necessarily offset by subsequent gains. For instance, imagine a forest being cut down for development. Later, a few trees are planted elsewhere. While there's an increase in the number of trees, it doesn't equate to the loss of the original, mature forest ecosystem. The biodiversity, age-old connections between organisms, and overall environmental balance can't be instantly replaced.
@NobleD1rect10mos10MO
So you’re okay with human rights atrocities and ethnic cleansing so long as a population goes up?
That’s not the flex you think it is
@NiftyCaribou10mos10MO
It’s obviously not ethnic cleansing when a population skyrockets, Sherlock. Are you OK with Palestinian atrocities? I don’t see you condemning them…
@B1ll0fRightsMuesli10mos10MO
The future of the Democratic Party is the Squad, know nothing progressive pseudo religionists of the Woke catechism.
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