https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tlaib-refuses-apologize-blaming-…
Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion in Gaza despite Israel denying fault.
"As an American, not just as a member of the United States Congress, I am ashamed. I am ashamed that they're saying, 'not yet. Maybe next week.' ... How many more have to die?" Tlaib said.
She also addressed the backlash, applauding attendees for the "courage it's taken to speak up."
"The American Jewish community in my district, and all of you here. I just know how much courage it's taken to speak up. Many of you have been targeted. You're being gas lit. Some people are losing their jobs. Folks are getting events canceled. Literally, their First Amendment right wiped away for standing up and saying that children deserve to live. It is literally inhumane for my colleagues to allow that to continue and say nothing," Tlaib said.
@R1ghtWingPigletDemocrat6mos6MO
The backlash against a sitting member of Congress for repeating allegations that have been discredited by President Biden and US Dept of Defense should be coming from ALL members of Congress.
This isn't political. Stop defending the people who give cover to Hamas terrorists.
@VibrantCakeDemocrat6mos6MO
Democrat here. Shameful behavior esp for a member of congress. This blood libel sparked violence across the Arab world and harmed our country’s diplomatic efforts. I sincerely hope she gets primaried.
@BubblyElect0ralGreen6mos6MO
So Israel refutes it, and everyone else is required to apologize? Is it that we now solely consult the accused of the crime, and if they deny it, we absolve them alongside an apology?
@WildfowlHazelSocialist6mos6MO
Am I missing something? Israel warned people to leave the hospital because they were going to bomb it, then they bomb it and say that they didn't do it?
@R3d1strictingRubyRepublican6mos6MO
People notice propaganda and antisemitism.
@LyingL1ber4lDemocrat6mos6MO
Tlaib continues to repeat a lie that the world now knows is a lie.
This is about telling the truth, not Republican backlash.
What is wrong with you?
@9GBM8CQ6mos6MO
why is he refusing to apologize, when Israel was attacked from a bombing?
@9GBMKP36mos6MO
I think Tlaib is taking the right stance here.
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