New to this controversy: is Tlaib being called out for the inaccuracy of her "safe haven" statement?
I listened — to the whole podcast. It was awkwardly phrased, and historically questionable. But she clearly said the calming feeling came from knowing that Palestinians tried to create a safe haven for Jews after the Holocaust.https://twitter.com/RepLeeZeldin/status/1127640722222481408 …
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@SpeakerPelosi & @LeaderHoyer don't want to take action against#anti-Semitism in their ranks. It may be part of their Political belief system like Corbyn & UK labour.
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It's clear "safe haven" is reason she gave for getting a "calming feeling" - the problem is it's completely made up, it's Trump/Republican-level gas-lighting of history - the idea that the Arabs living there helped create a safe space for Jews is 100% opposite of what happened.
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What is unclear to me is if she's being deliberately dishonest or has been taught a wholly fabricated history since she was a child, which is hard to just give up on/reject, even when you're told that it's completely wrong (not sure if she's been told this).
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Deliberately dishonest I suspect. Tlaib was initially endorsed by J Street who then withdrew their support when she asserted that she was " one state all the way"
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I actually think that she honestly believes this. I am not surprised, we all get different versions of events depending on our upbringing, but there are independent accurate sources that should be checked prior to speaking publicly about sensitive matters.
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She did too skillful a job of mashing up the dispossession of Palestinian Arabs to create a "safe haven" (aka Israel) and argue for a one state solution despite a history of anti Jewish violence predating the Holocaust by a century to be an honestly held belief. She is a lawyer.
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Jesus Christ. I thought this was word salad. She cannot speak coherently.I also saw her questioning people during congressional hearings and she sounds super naive and uninformed. I had no idea she was a lawyer.Tbh, I really wanted to root for her, but she is just not bright.
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J Street pulled their endorsement when she came put as a one state solution supporter only to do an about face once she was proclaimed.
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Which they didn’t do. By “historically questionable” you mean “historically inaccurate.” Or more precisely—given the role of Palestinian terrorism in shutting the gates of Mandate Palestine to fleeing Jews & the role of Palestinian leaders in collaborating w Nazis—“offensive.”
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@jonathanweisman proudly works for a newspaper whose ownership supported the 1939 British White Paper. Does he think the Sulzberger's favored closing the borders becasue they supported allowing Jews to enter Palestine?
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But what she said was not true. She is a member of Congress spreading false history. This is not okay.
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But Palestinians didn’t try to create a safe haven for Jews after the Holocaust. They did all they could to keep Jews out and violently attacked the ones who were already there.
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So...like...could you discourage your Times reporters from repeating the lies?
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“Historically questionable” is a huge understatement. I think Haj Amin al Husseini would take exception to her characterization
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