Friday, August 23, 2024

Not every Democrat feels the joy.


‘Squad’ Democrat rejects ‘false narrative’ of joy at Harris convention (msn.com)    "Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) accused her own party of presenting a “false narrative” of Democratic optimism amid a fight over the war in Gaza that has roiled the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

"The tension comes as the Uncommitted National Movement, a pro-Palestinian group that emerged during the Democratic primaries to vote against candidates unless they backed a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, has requested a speaking slot at the four-day convention — a request it claims has been denied by the Democratic National Committee. Tlaib decried the decision not to allow a pro-Palestinian speaker to take the stage on the pretext it would disrupt the party’s picture of unity it wants to present to voters.

“ 'To hear what we’ve done to generations of families shatters the false narrative of hope and joy,” Tlaib wrote in a post on X." . . .

"The demand for a speaking slot comes after the parents of an Israeli American hostage, captured during Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, invasion, spoke on the third night of the convention, with the group calling for balance “to reject a hierarchy of human value by ensuring Palestinian voices are heard on the main stage.”






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