Of Course There's Been a Rush to Defend Pramila Jayapal Over Anti-Israel Comments
As we've been covering, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) claimed to an unruly group of "Free Palestine" protesters at the Netsroots Nations 2023 conference over the weekend that "I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state." Following such a claim, Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) drew up a resolution making clear that Israel is not actually racist, which passed the House on Tuesday night by a vote of 421-9-1. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has also sponsored such a resolution in...