Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had called for a permanent cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas, but had resisted labeling the conflict a genocide.
I think it’s a bit hard as a politician to go all the way to calling something a Genocide. However, the laws we have about military aid don’t require going that far. Which is what pisses me off about this. It’s so egregious we would have stopped aid to any other country months ago.
Let’s not whatabout them. If she had been turning a blind eye to it I think their comments would be justified regardless of how trash the rest of Congress is or is not. This person is just flat-out wrong, though, she did not wait 5 months to say something.
You are not correct, but feel free to collect records and let us know why everything she said on the matter was inadequate. Start here, AFAICT her first remark is on Oct. 9: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media
Ah, can you share an example of someone who has been saying something in the interim? That way you could highlight a politician we should be paying attention to who is doing a better job.
Also, is there logic behind your five month cutoff because I’d love to get some insight the rationale behind the opinion.
Brave? This has been going on for 5+ months and she is just now saying something.
Edit: My apologies, I am angry that she hasn’t called it a genocide.
This is not her first time speaking about it. She called for a cease fire on October 9th. So a pretty consistent position.
True enough. I stand corrected.
My current disagreement with her is that she hasn’t called it a genocide until March 22nd 2024. Up until March 5th (https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/aoc-tells-pro-palestinian-protesters-to-back-off-rrab8k4j) she was publicly being milquetoast with her rhetoric.
I think it’s a bit hard as a politician to go all the way to calling something a Genocide. However, the laws we have about military aid don’t require going that far. Which is what pisses me off about this. It’s so egregious we would have stopped aid to any other country months ago.
Are there other US representatives or senators that called this war a genocide?
There is not. So she is the first and only of the 435.
Doesn’t take away that it took her 5 months to call it that when it was obvious that it was a genocide at a much earlier date.
Let’s not whatabout them. If she had been turning a blind eye to it I think their comments would be justified regardless of how trash the rest of Congress is or is not. This person is just flat-out wrong, though, she did not wait 5 months to say something.
You are not correct, but feel free to collect records and let us know why everything she said on the matter was inadequate. Start here, AFAICT her first remark is on Oct. 9: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media
I should have said she has not called it what it actually is, a genocide.
Alright. I am also dismayed that it has taken so long for members of the government to call genocide by its name, we’re aligned on that.
Thanks for links with her statements. Cheers
Ah, can you share an example of someone who has been saying something in the interim? That way you could highlight a politician we should be paying attention to who is doing a better job.
Also, is there logic behind your five month cutoff because I’d love to get some insight the rationale behind the opinion.
No, I am addressing AOC here and not anyone else.
My (corrected) point is that it took her 5 months to call it a genocide. That is the point. It was obvious way before that.