Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dodges Question About 'Genocide' Label In Israel-Gaza Conflict
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The progressive congresswoman wouldn't directly say whether she believed Israel's unrelenting bombardment of Gaza was a genocide, but she defended its use.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) danced around saying whether or not she believed Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is genocide.
On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez, one portion of the progressive lawmakers that make up “The Squad,” took the stance that people using the word “genocide” to describe Israel’s attacks should not be disregarded.
“Whether you are an individual that believes this is a genocide — which, by the way, in our polling, we are seeing large amounts of Americans concerned specifically with that word. So I don’t think that it is something to completely toss someone out of our public discourse for using,” Ocasio-Cortez told journalist Kristen Welker.
On Sunday, the progressive congresswoman, who has previously called for a cease-fire and condemned Hamas, did not herself use the word “genocide” to describe Israel’s unrelenting barrage of attacks in Gaza. Instead, she referred to young people’s response to the general violence of the conflict.
“Some of your colleagues have accused the president of supporting genocide, including Rashida Tlaib. Do you agree with that word, ‘genocide,’ that the president’s been supporting a genocide, or does that go too far?” Welker asked.
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