Posted on 05/13/2019 4:59:38 PM PDT by SJackson
Nancy Pelosi gave a full-throated defense of Rashida Tlaib after Trump and Republicans called her Holocaust comments anti-Semitic
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During an interview with Yahoo's "Skullduggery" podcast released on Friday, Tlaib said, "There's kind of a calming feeling I always tell folks when I think of the Holocaust, and the tragedy of the Holocaust, and the fact that it was my ancestors, Palestinians, who lost their land and some lost their lives, their livelihood, their human dignity, their existence in many ways, have been wiped out, and some people's passports." ...snip...
Tlaib's comments may have glossed over the complexities of the history of the region, but a number of Republicans parsed her words to accuse her of portraying the Holocaust in a positive light. The freshman lawmaker had specifically referred to the Holocaust as a "tragedy."
Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, for example, in a statement said there's "no justification for the twisted and disgusting comments made by Rashida Tlaib ... More than six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust; there is nothing 'calming' about that fact."
"Unfortunately, this is far from the first display of heinous anti-Semitic comments coming from Democrat House members this year, and it's clear this is now the norm for their caucus," Scalise added.
Similarly, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming also falsely accused Tlaib of stating that thinking of the Holocaust gives her a "calming feeling."
President Donald Trump followed their lead in a tweet on Monday, stating that Tlaib "obviously has tremendous hatred of Israel and the Jewish people."
Later in the day, Pelosi tweeted, "Republicans' desperate attempts to smear @RepRashida & misrepresent her comments are outrageous." Pelosi further called on Trump and Republicans to apologize to Tlaib and the "American people" for their "gross misrepresentations."
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We just need to keep pointing out to the American people how dangerous these LIEberals are!
Hopefully, our message will be illustrated by their stupid, insane actions — the LIEberals are defying all reason, logic and common sense and deserve to be tossed into the dustbin of history!
Nanzi Pelozi outs herself as a Jew-hating DemonRat Nazi.
Should make things easier as we get down the road a bit.
Nancy is a perfect example of why women should not get involved in politics...
Speaker of the House, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi and her aide, Democrat, Steny Hoyer turn 100% Anti Jewish & Anti Israel and fully get behind the “Hate Israel & All Jews” radical Democrat Party, Muslims.
What say you....Democrats Adam Schiff & Jerrold Nadler, etc.?
misrepresent her comments are outrageous.” so your are on their side, got it!
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