House Dem Leaders Pushback After ‘Squad’ Member Labels Israel a ‘Racist State’
House Democratic leaders are pushing back on a statement by one of their members about Israel. On Sunday night, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Democratic Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Democratic…
House Democratic leaders are pushing back on a statement by one of their members about Israel.
On Sunday night, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Democratic Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) signed onto a statement pushing back on Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s (D-Wash.) claim Israel is a “racist state.”
The statement declared, “Israel is not a racist state.”
“As a Jewish and Democratic nation, Israel was founded 75 years ago on the principle of complete equality of social and political rights for all of its citizens irrespective of religion, race, or sex, as codified in its Declaration of Independence,” it continued.
The leaders noted there are “individual members of the current Israeli governing coalition with whom we strongly disagree.”
However, they added, “Government officials come and go. The special relationship between the United States and Israel