Clyburn: ‘I Understand’ Why Tlaib, Omar Wrongly Blamed Israel for Hospital Blast, Some People Though

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Clyburn: ‘I Understand’ Why Tlaib, Omar Wrongly Blamed Israel for Hospital Blast, Some People Thought It Was Israel

Ian Hanchett 20 Oct 2023

On Thursday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that while he agrees with President Joe Biden’s assessment that Israel is not responsible for the Gaza hospital blast, he’ll leave it up to Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) whether they should apologize for and take down their posts blaming Israel and that he understands why Tlaib and Omar rushed to blame Israel before there was an investigation “because there are people who thought that it had come from that source.”

Host Kristen Welker asked, “Congressman, I want to ask you about one other issue, some tweets by your fellow members of Congress, Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. They have tweets up saying that Israel is to blame for the hospital blast in Gaza. Those tweets have not yet been removed despite U.S. intelligence, an assessment which shows it was a rocket misfire from a militant Palestinian group in the region. Do you think your Democratic colleagues should delete those tweets and should they apologize?”

Clyburn responded, “I’m going to leave it all up to them. I do not pass judgment on that sort of thing. I stand with the President of the United States. Joe Biden made it very clear that he was there in Israel, he had seen all of the videos and the other pictures of what may or may not have happened, and he came to the conclusion that this was an error on the part of a third party to this conflict. And I am going to stand squarely with the President of the United States. We should have one voice when it comes to our foreign policy.”

Welker followed up, “So, given that, was it appropriate for your two colleagues to tweet out something that runs counter to what the President said and to U.S. intelligence, Congressman?”

Clyburn answered, “You implied that those tweets went out before the investigations were made. And if they did go out before the investigations were made, I understand that, because there are people who thought that it had come from that source. The investigations have been made, and they indicate that it may not have been. And I’ll let them decide whether or not their tweets ought to be taken down. I don’t do a whole lot of tweeting, especially when it comes to issues involving national security and our relationships with our allies around the world.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/10/20/clyburn-i-understand-why-tlaib-omar-wrongly-blamed-israel-for-hospital-blast-some-people-thought-it-was-israel/

[Kamaji]

Once you knew the facts, you should have taken down your earlier tweets, and you should have affirmatively tweeted a correction, an apology for being wrong, and restated the facts.

You didn't.  You intentionally allowed falsehoods you fostered to remain.

[The_Reader_David]

I, at least, understand why they blamed Israel before any investigation:  Muslim Jew-hatred.  ("Antisemitism" doesn't quite work here, since the Arabs are also a Semitic people.)  It's not clear to me that Clyburn understands.

[240B]

Once you knew the facts, you should have taken down your earlier tweets, and you should have affirmatively tweeted a correction, an apology for being wrong, and restated the facts.

You didn't.  You intentionally allowed falsehoods you fostered to remain.

Those Hamas cheerleaders did not take the tweets down, in fact they went double with the lie.
They were saying it was Israel even after Hamas admitted responsibility. They would not let it go.
By the way, when Hamas bombs an Israeli hospital, Talib and Omar are dancing and celebrating.
Their "concern for innocent life" only counts when Muslims are injured. A dead Infidel is a blessing to them.
The fact that these obvious and proud insurgents remain in Congress is beyond ridiculous.
No other country on Earth, except terroristic Islamic States, would tolerate them.

[PeteS in CA]

Clyburn does not, "Understand why Tlaib, Omar wrongly blamed Israel for (the) hospital blast." It does not take that many words to say, "Tlaib and Omar hate Israel and lie about Israel continually."

[Kamaji]

Clyburn does not, "Understand why Tlaib, Omar wrongly blamed Israel for (the) hospital blast." It does not take that many words to say, "Tlaib and Omar hate Israel and lie about Israel continually."