Posted on 11/17/2023 5:26:54 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is committing to defending anti-Israel incumbent members who are facing primary challengers in 2024, Politico reported Thursday.
Members of the “Squad,” including Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Cori Bush of Missouri, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Pramila Jayapal of Washington, continue to call for a ceasefire while repeating anti-Israel sentiments after Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist group, attacked the U.S. ally on Oct. 7. Jeffries will attempt to defend the Progressive Caucus members’ seats in 2024, including those of Omar and Bush, who are facing pro-Israel Democratic primary challengers, as the party seeks to regain a majority in the lower chamber, according to Politico.
“The highly racialized targeting of many of these members, we absolutely need leadership that would defend our members from that,” Ocasio-Cortez told Politico.
Omar has drawn two primary challengers — one from U.S. Air Force veteran Tim Peterson, who has made his bid largely in response to the congresswoman’s rhetoric, and another from former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, who said Omar has “frightened the Jewish community.”
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell withdrew his candidacy for Senate to challenge Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, and instead launched a challenge to Bush, citing the congresswoman’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war for his reasoning.
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Two thirds of the American people agree on calling for a ceasefire and negotiation with Hamas...and that number would be much greater were it not for the main stream news filters.
The lack of humanity toward so much indiscriminate killing in Gaza is going to blow up in the faces of the Israelis and their Zionist cheer leaders in the West.
Youdon’t negotiate withpsycopaths. Hamas over there, and the left here.
Omar is the one who married her brother.
Don’t know much about the history of all this, do you?
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