{"id":16948,"date":"2023-10-10T21:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T21:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/leadership\/lafazan-calls-tlaib-omar-anti-semites-over-reaction-to-hamas-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T21:25:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T21:25:54","slug":"lafazan-calls-tlaib-omar-anti-semites-over-reaction-to-hamas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=16948","title":{"rendered":"Lafazan Calls Tlaib, Omar \u2018Anti-Semites\u2019 Over Reaction To Hamas Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Forbes Newsroom, Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan responded to the horrific attacks on Israel by Hamas from air, land and sea on October 7th in what was the deadliest attack that nation has seen in decades.<\/p>\n

Lafazan, who is running as a Democrat for embattled Rep. George Santos\u2019 (R-NY) seat in Congress, expressed total condemnation for the responses of fellow Democrats and potential future House colleagues Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). The Democratic lawmaker called both congresswomen anti-Semites, slamming Tlaib\u2019s statement that called<\/a> for Israel to \u201cdismant[le] the apartheid system that creates the suffocating, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lafazan said that Tlaib is \u201can anti-Semite and not a serious person let alone someone who\u2019s deserving of being in Congress, along with Ilhan Omar.\u201d He called for Democrats like himself to \u201cspeak up and unequivocally condemn\u201d the two Congresswomen, stating, \u201cthe time for being quiet is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lafazan endorsed Ilhan Omar\u2019s removal from the Foreign Affairs Committee, a move made by then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy and opposed by the Democratic Caucus. Asked how he would serve alongside them in the Democratic caucus, Lafazan said that multiple members of Congress \u201cwho I don\u2019t believe should be there,\u201d and said he\u2019d focus on mainstream politicians to pass legislation.<\/p>\n

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Lafazan, who has family in Israel, praised President Biden\u2019s response to the vicious attacks, calling it a \u201cstrong message to [Israel\u2019s] adversaries, as well as to its supporters.\u201d He called for continued and swift U.S. support to provide Israel\u2019s military and Iron Dome with the munitions and aid it needs.<\/p>\n

Lafazan also called out Harvard student group denunciations of Israel following the attack by Hamas. \u201cThey\u2019re on the wrong side of history,\u201d the Democratic lawmaker and Harvard alum said. He called for elite schools to speak up against the rising tide of \u201cradical\u201d anti-Israel students, which he sees as coming from Internet radicalization.<\/p>\n

Watch the full interview above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n