{"id":1954027,"date":"2023-06-22T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-joins-squad-members-boycotting-shameful-address-by-indian-prime-minister\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T11:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:24:38","slug":"aoc-joins-squad-members-boycotting-shameful-address-by-indian-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-joins-squad-members-boycotting-shameful-address-by-indian-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC joins &#8216;Squad&#8217; boycotting Indian PM&#8217;s &#8216;shameful&#8217; address."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-joins-squad-members-boycotting-shameful-address-by-indian-prime-minister%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1954027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Boycotts Indian Prime Minister&#8217;s Address to Congress<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repaoc\/status\/1671629648042643457?s=46&#038;t=qnsN2-GFZL6gK0i6wBRvvA\">became<\/a> the latest Democratic &#8220;Squad&#8221; member to announce she would boycott the address to Congress by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, whom she described as having a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-joins-squad-members-boycotting-shameful-address-by-indian-prime-minister\/\" title=\"AOC joins 'Squad' boycotting Indian PM's 'shameful' address.\">deeply troubling human rights record<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>&#8220;A joint address is among the most prestigious invitations and honors the United States Congress can extend,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez said. &#8220;We should not do so for individuals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-and-squad-democrats-planning-to-skip-speech-from-indian-prime-minister-narendra-modi\/\" title=\"AOC and 'Squad' Dems to skip Indian PM Modi's speech.\">deeply troubling human rights records<\/a>.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez follows Squad members Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.), who announced their boycotts earlier this week and similarly cited human rights and the treatment of Muslims in the majority-Hindu country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s shameful that Modi has been given a platform at our nation&#8217;s capital\u2014his long history of human rights abuses, anti-democratic actions, targeting Muslims &#038; religious minorities, and censoring journalists is unacceptable,&#8221; Tlaib <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRashida\/status\/1671179922197340160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1671179922197340160%7Ctwgr%5E665ccc9ab92f5d3d1a29d70275b36e068d92f1e7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Frashida-tlaib-boycott-indian-pm-modis-address-congress-shameful-1807955\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Omar announced she will host a &#8220;briefing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anal-rape-with-a-stick-bbc-report-details-systemic-rape-in-uighur-concentration-camps\/\" title=\"\u2018Anal Rape With A Stick\u2019: BBC Report Details Systemic Rape In Uighur Concentration Camps\">human rights groups<\/a>&#8221; to talk about Modi&#8217;s alleged record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prime Minister Modi\u2019s government has repressed religious minorities, emboldened violent Hindu nationalist groups, and targeted journalists\/human rights advocates with impunity,&#8221; Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1671302972699996160\">said<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The protests come despite the Biden White House and the rest of the congressional Democrats welcoming Modi with an official state dinner and an invitation to address the joint session of Congress, two of the highest honors the United States extends to foreign leaders. The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/biden-indian-prime-minister-modi-state-visit\/story?id=100277881\">said<\/a> the visit will show the &#8220;deep and close partnership&#8221; between the countries, as the United States seeks to shore up allies against an increasingly hostile China.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This visit celebrates the U.S.- India partnership as one of the most important bilateral relationships that we have in the 21st century,&#8221; State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/biden-indian-prime-minister-modi-state-visit\/story?id=100277881\">said<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>There are five Indian-American members of Congress, none of whom have announced a boycott of Modi&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) joined the Democratic &#8220;Squad&#8221; in boycotting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s congressional address due to his concerning human rights record. Rejecting this esteemed invitation reflects the United States Congress&#8217; stance on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1954028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1954027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}