{"id":1976856,"date":"2023-07-18T23:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pramila-jayapal-breaks-with-democratic-colleagues-to-support-rebuke-gop-leveled-at-her\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:14:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:14:50","slug":"pramila-jayapal-breaks-with-democratic-colleagues-to-support-rebuke-gop-leveled-at-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pramila-jayapal-breaks-with-democratic-colleagues-to-support-rebuke-gop-leveled-at-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Pramila Jayapal supports GOP rebuke, diverging from fellow Democrats."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fpramila-jayapal-breaks-with-democratic-colleagues-to-support-rebuke-gop-leveled-at-her%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=1976856&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--><h2>Rep. Pramila Jayapal Breaks with &#8220;Squad&#8221; Members,\u2062 Sparks \u2063Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>Rep.\u200b Pramila\u2064 Jayapal (D-WA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jason-aldean-runs-off-stage-after-suffering-heat-stroke\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Jason Aldean Rushes Off Stage Due to 'Heat Stroke'\">made\u200b headlines<\/a> on Tuesday \u2063when she voted in \u2064favor of a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deporting-fentanyl-dealers-violates-sanctuary-city-policies-says-sf-supervisor\/\" title=\"Deporting Fentanyl Dealers Violates Sanctuary City Policies, Says SF Supervisor\">resolution denouncing criticism<\/a> \u2063of \u2064Israel, breaking with her fellow &#8220;Squad&#8221; members. \u200cHowever, it\u2063 was \u200cher \u2062comments referring \u2064to Israel as a &#8220;racist&#8221; state \u200dthat ignited the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Squad members Reps. \u200bAlexandria\u2063 Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), \u2064Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ilhan \u200dOmar\u2064 (D-MN) \u2063all voted against the measure, \u2063along with\u2064 five \u200cother\u2064 Democrats.<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution Passes Overwhelmingly<\/h3>\n<p>The resolution passed \u2062overwhelmingly \u2063in a\u2064 412-9\u2063 vote, \u2063with \u200ball Republicans\u2064 voting in favor, along with \u2064192 Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman \u200d(D-NY) also joined the dissent, one of the\u200b five who had previously \u200cannounced their intention to boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog\u2019s address to Congress later \u200dthis week.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy \u2062Erupts Over Jayapal&#8217;s Comments<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-salon-owner-refuses-service-after-landmark-scotus-ruling-trans-activists-are-steaming\/\" title=\"Michigan salon owner denies service following SCOTUS ruling, angers trans activists.\">controversy \u200dbegan<\/a> over the weekend when Jayapal, during a \u2062panel \u200ddiscussion\u2062 with the progressive Netroots Nation,\u2062 referred \u200dto Israel as a\u2062 &#8220;racist \u200bstate.&#8221; This \u200dstatement sparked a wave of \u200cbacklash, leading\u200c Jayapal \u2062to issue a retraction where she clarified that\u2064 she does not believe\u200b Israel \u2063is racist but\u200d was \u200dattempting\u200c to defuse a \u2063tense situation.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar came to \u200dJayapal&#8217;s \u200ddefense, denouncing what she called \u2064the &#8220;policing&#8221;\u200c of Jayapal&#8217;s language and \u2064suggesting it \u2063was due \u2063to\u200d her being nonwhite.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2064 spend\u200c too much time\u2064 policing \u200bthe \u200blanguage of Black \u200dand brown\u2063 women who speak out\u2062 against\u200c oppression and not enough\u2064 time ending the\u200c oppression of \u2063Black and \u2064brown people,&#8221; Omar tweeted \u200bin \u200cresponse to Jayapal&#8217;s \u200bretraction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am also\u200c deeply concerned about \u200dthe\u200d shaming\u2014often\u2063 of women of color\u2014when they\u2064 speak\u200c out about \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pramila-jayapal-breaks-with-democratic-colleagues-to-support-rebuke-gop-leveled-at-her\/\" title=\"Pramila Jayapal supports GOP rebuke, diverging from fellow Democrats.\">human\u2062 rights violations happening<\/a>\u2062 in\u2062 Palestine\u200b and \u2064Israel,\u200c especially when\u200d similar\u2064 concern\u200b is\u200b not \u200dexpressed for the \u2062lives being lost and families being torn apart,&#8221; she \u200cadded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Israel Debate Divides \u2062Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>The\u200d issue \u2064of Israel has \u200bbeen a divisive topic among \u2064Democrats, with a small but \u200dvocal\u2063 minority\u200b within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">progressive group<\/a>\u2063 in \u2063the\u2062 House facing criticism from their pro-Israel colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>House\u200c Minority Leader Hakeem\u200c Jeffries (D-NY) \u2064has expressed his support\u2064 for Israel and \u200cannounced his \u2062intention to meet with President Herzog. He anticipates\u2064 a strong\u200d turnout and participation\u200d among\u2064 House Democrats for Herzog&#8217;s\u200b address to\u2062 Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a>\u200d for more \u200cfrom The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) diverged from her &#8220;Squad&#8221; colleagues by supporting a resolution condemning Israel criticism. However, it was her labeling of Israel as &#8220;racist&#8221; that triggered the vote. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Rashida Tlaib remained aligned with their previous stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976857,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1976856","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}