Jayapal getting the Adam Schiff treatment from House GOP over anti-Semitic comments

Jayapal identifies as a swamp creature

House Republicans are attempting to censure Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) for calling Israel a "racist state." After realizing she was saying those words out loud, she later tried walking them back. She even voted "yes" on a GOP-led resolution stating that Israel is not a racist or apartheid state, but that is too little too late and an obvious attempt for the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to stay out of trouble. 

Isn't it sad that we need a resolution to state the obvious about Israel and bite our tongues over the obvious about Palestine and most of the Middle East?

Jayapal said at a Netroots Nation panel in Chicago last weekend, "I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state, that the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy, that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away from us — that it doesn't even feel possible."

Jayapal's embarrassing anti-Semitic remarks [because let's face it, attacking Israel is a backdoor way of attacking the Jews] came just prior to Israel's President Herzog's address to a joint meeting of Congress.

After she walked it back, however, she couldn't help but take a poke at Israel's Prime Minister: "I do, however, believe that Netanyahu’s extreme right-wing government has engaged in discriminatory and outright racist policies and that there are extreme racists driving that policy within the leadership of the current government."

Reps. Andy Ogles (R-TN), Randy Weber (R-TX), and Jeff Duncan (R-SC) filed the resolution on Thursday but it isn't certain that House leaders will bring it to the floor for a vote. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has yet to comment on the resolution.

It looks like Republicans are going to use this opportunity to highlight the divides between the two major parties after a boatload of progressive-led anti-Zionist bile was evident among the Democrats, particularly those members of the so-called "squad."

Two committees linked to "squad" member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and another "squad"-linked and another one linked to the "squad" send thousands of dollars to an anti-Israel/anti-Semitic firm over the past two years, as filings indicate.

Together, these progressive entities combined to send almost $270,000 to Unbought Power LLC, a Florida-based consulting and advocacy firm owned and operated by Rasha Mubarak, a political activist who had openly expressed anti-Israel views on social media platforms.

Another member of the "squad" had also come under strong criticism over past anti-Semitic rhetoric. Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, another overt anti-Israel/anti-Semite, has an ongoing problem with her mouth and brain as she has uttered many comments and tropes about Israel and the Jews.

Jayapal's initial blather was quickly rebuked by House Democratic leaders and also in a letter by 43 of her colleagues who called her comments "unacceptable." The resolution to support Israel received wide approval, however even then, nine Democrats voted against it.

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