Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Marjorie Taylor Greene said Rashida Tlaib organized an insurrection today that broke federal law after pro-Gaza protesters occupied Cannon House office building on Capitol Hill, Rotunda.
MTG WROTE: “Rashida Tlaib organized an insurrection today that broke federal law.
She coordinated with Global Intifada and anti-Israel JVP.
They all must be held in the DC gulag and Tlaib must be held accountable.”
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to apologize Wednesday for saying on Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza, an accusation that sparked political backlash against her from Republicans as Israel denies fault.
Tlaib joined thousands of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during a solidarity rally hosted by the left-leaning group Jewish Voice for Peace at the National Mall. She was visibly emotional, at times pausing her speech to openly weep and criticizing lawmakers who have not backed a ceasefire resolution.
Capitol Police reportedly arrested hundreds of protesters, many of them Jewish, removing them one by one from the seated crowd occupying the rotunda.
“The only path to peace and safety — for everyone — is through ensuring justice and equality for everyone. And that means ending the Israeli government’s illegal occupation of Palestine. To end genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, we’re demanding a #ceasefirenow,” Jewish Voice For Peace wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“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.”
Protesters calling for U.S. support of a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, and an end to the “ongoing atrocities against Palestinians,” occupied a building in the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday, with thousands gathering outside of the Capitol.
Following a brutal attack by Hamas militants against Israeli civilians last week, Israel has launched a retaliatory counteroffensive, and resource blockade, that has killed thousands of Palestinians — millions more remain effectively trapped in the Gaza Strip, with no end to the conflict in sight. President Biden has so far pledged near unconditional support to Israel. “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.