To read the statements from
President Biden and Secretary
Blinken, General Austin and leaders
of both parties, you'd hardly know,
Palestinians existed at all.
There has been no recognition of
the attack on Palestinian families
being ripped from their homes in
East Jerusalem right now.
Or home demolitions, no mention
of children being detained or
murdered.
No recognition of a sustained
campaign of harassment and terror,
by Israeli police against
worshipers.
Kneeling down and praying and
celebrating their holiest stays in
one of their holiest places.
No mention of a lotsa, there has
been absolutely no recognition of
Palestinian humanity.
If our own state department can
even bring itself
to acknowledge the killing
of Palestinian children is wrong.
Well, I will say it for
the millions of Americans who stand
with me against the killing of
innocent children, no matter their
ethnicity, our faith.
I weep for all the lives,
lost under the unbearable,
status quo, every single one,
no matter their faith,
their background.
How many of my colleagues
are willing to say the same to
stand for Palestinian human rights
as they do for Israelites.
>> Turns out very few.
And where that stand,
would intersect with any sort of
significant change, in US policy.
For instance,
putting any contingencies
whatsoever on the military aid,
provided to the Israeli government.
It's 19, I think right now,
that are willing to do that.
But, I love so
many of the points that she made.
And she, did something
that very few do, which is talk
about what actually Kicked off this
violence that we're seeing.
Grenades going off in Alaksa
completely unacceptable and that
should be being played on repeat.
But it not you're just seeing
videos of missiles from Iron Dome
shooting down rockets.
And you'll see that over and over
again until everyone will forget.
What actually started this all of
our leaders have already
pretended that they've forgotten,
she's totally right.
Like we have to remember what
actually began this and that's
already basically been wiped away.
>> Yeah. So there's not much to add
to what she said other than
the fact that my god,
she said it in Congress.
First of all,
you can barely say it in the media.
I can't get into all the details
but when I set it on there, I would
get yelled at by people in power.
And they would say that what
I was saying was unacceptable that
you're not allowed to stand up for
Palestinians.
You're not ever allowed to
question Israel,
it was there's no law on it.
And it's just conventional wisdom
if you did it too many times you
were going to get removed, right?
Because in the bad old days there
were gatekeepers, and you served at
their pleasure, right?
And so and guys don't misinterpret
it as anything other than the this
foreign policy issue.
The gatekeepers were not Jewish.
[LAUGH] The bosses were
generally Irish.
Don't get me wrong,
you see what I'm saying?
It was just conventional wisdom,
and it was unbreakable.
She just broke it, and well,
what are you going to say to her?
No, you shouldn't represent
Palestinians even though you're
a Palestinian American.
No, you shouldn't get us to ask
whether they're also human and
have rights.
You can't say that to her, well,
you could, but they tried.
That's why
that when we fought back when they
called Ilha Omar anti semitic and
they tried that resolution on her.
That was actually the beginning of
the end of that monopoly and
breaking that monopoly was so
they thought that she would go
quietly into the night.
I gotta tell you guys look,
I'm proud of it and
you should be proud of it.
We formed the justice Democrats and
yes, there's been bumps
in the road etc, right?
But if those
four weren't all justice Democrats,
the so called squad right
AOC Talib Omar and Ayanna Presley.
They wouldn't have necessarily
stuck together like they did.
They just would have been random
Congress people who never might not
have even ever met before they got
him in Congress.
But instead they met,
they were a group,
they were justice Democrats.
And so when they went after Ilhan
Omar, Rasheeda AOC Ayana stepped in
and it made a big difference.
And then the second time they went
after Ilhan Omar unjustly,
we won they lost.
And then the tide turn and
here is a result of the tide.
By the way, these speeches, john,
I don't know how many more you got,
but Ayana Presley's was fantastic.
And I'll tell you I'll give him be
honest about it, I unimpressed.
He was much more right wing on this
issue before, but
now she's part of just Democrats.
Now I think she's given room to
run, and
she's talking about apartheid.
My eyes, look,
if you call Israel an apartheid
state on air on cable news.
Just a couple of years ago yeah,
you would have
been taken off the air for sure.
That's an anybody can that
denies it is
totally not living in reality.
>> You couldn't even say occupation
on air without issuing some sort of
a correction that was taboo
as well.
The beauty of their speeches is
that everything that they're
saying, like they're not mincing
words, they are unequivocally
condemning Israel.
And that matters, even the folks
who disagree with what's happening
and aren't peddling the whole will.
Israel has the right to defend
itself line.
They might not necessarily want
to speak up because they know that
the Israel lobby is going to
bankroll their opponents campaign
come election time.
But that's already happening to
Rasheeda Talib Ilhan Omar so they
have nothing to lose at this point.
And that's why they're speaking
with so much clarity.
They don't care because everything
that could have been done
against them has already been done.
So now, the shackles have been
released, and they're just
speaking on this issue as it is.
And what is happening is apartheid,
and to have any member of congress
say the words apartheid,
truly is a game changer.
>> 100% >> Exactly >> And
I just want to say one last thing
about that or two quick things.
One is, they make
other than Bernie Sanders,
they came harder, said Ilhan Omar.
And they spent a tremendous amount
of money tried to defeat her on
Democratic primary.
This time around, okay in 2020 and
I told you guys,
they have 0% chance of beating her.
They're like, no,
we're going to beat it.
No, because it's
all on name recognition, right?
And so she steamrolled her
opponents that had much greater
financing that her.
So now, I told you,
they're paper tigers.
They're paper tigers.
Everyone's afraid of absolutely
nothing, right?
And so now, Ilhan Omar showed that.
By the way, you
know who they're coming after next?
Nina Turner.
So ninaturner.com/hello,
we cannot have her lose.
Especially at the hands of people
who don't want evenhandedness,
don't want a two state solution,
don't want fairness for
Palestinians and then are going to
bankroll Nina Turner's opponent to
the tune of millions of dollars.
Hell no.
Nina Turner comm slash Hello
go help her right now.
She in the middle of a campaign
right now as she would be I mean if
you like me speeches or you should
wait to get a load of Nina >> Yeah,
I'm personally worried I think
Michelle Caruso Cabrera couple more
million dollars.
I think she's going to take
down AOC next time.
[LAUGH] >> What a waste of money.
Let's queue up Ayana Presley
because I it kills me that we can't
go to all of these.
There was a lot of great isn't
that amazing?
We have a problem of too many good
speeches being given but anyway,
here's representative Presley.
>> Palestinians are being told
the same thing as black folks in
America, there is no acceptable
form of resistance.
We are bearing witness to
a grievous human rights violations.
The pain trauma and terror, the
Palestinians are facing is not just
a result of this week's escalation.
But the consequence of years of
military occupation.
We cannot stand idly and complicity
by and allow the occupation and
oppression of the Palestinian
people to continue.
We cannot remain silent when our
government since 3.8 billion of
military aid to Israel that is used
to demolish Palestinian homes.
In prison and
Palestinian children and
displaced Palestinian families.
A budget is a reflection of
our values.
I'm committed to ensuring that
our government does not fund state
violence in any form, anywhere.
Many say the conditioning aid
is not a phrase that I
should utter here.
But let me be clear,
no matter the context,
American government dollars always
come with conditions.
The question at hand is should
our taxpayer dollars
Create conditions for justice,
healing and repair, or shift
those dollars create conditions for
oppression and apartheid.
Now while I hold space do space for
the story in history and
unique lived experiences on
the ground globally,
there is a through line here.
And whether we are talking about
the militarization of our
communities or weapons of war,
the question is the same.
If our budgets are a statement of
our values, what do we value?
>> That was just about the best,
I've heard from her.
>> I think actually.
>> Literally the best she's
the best speech she's ever given.
>> Yeah. >> And I've seen I love
the point that that she drew it
back to the experience in the US.
That there's no way that you're
actually allowed to speak up for
yourself to fight for
any sort of change.
And actually, I want to work this
into two graphics that we have.
Because right now there's violence
and that's obviously unacceptable
before there wasn't.
In fact, there was a good period
where there was nothing like what
we're seeing right now.
So before the current crisis,
Gazans already lives in what one UN
human rights official
called a toxic slum.
Jagged strip of land blockaded
indefinitely by Israel in Egypt.
Whose roughly 2 million residents
indoor daily power outages up to
16 hours and running water that
worked only every other day.
Well now after the massive aerial
bombardment campaign,
they're down to about five hours of
electricity per day and
half their usual water supply.
So obviously the situation right
now is insane, it's unthinkable.
It was insane and
unthinkable before.
So what are they supposed to do and
for how many years
are they supposed to do it.
Not just like to be able to totally
control their own if like literally
be able to live with electricity
and water as we would expect for
any human living in any portion of
the world.
I have no idea I'm sure they're
confused too, because it doesn't
seem like there's anything they can
do peace or conflict.
Organization or
chaos that will actually result in
any bettering of their lives.
>> Yeah, so, guys, I kept telling
you man, if you ever gave $1 or
an hour or 2 or just democrat
an hour of your time you did it.
You at least on this really
important issue this moral issue.
You made a giant difference,
this is unprecedented.
I just can't impress that
enough on you.
First of all when she says what
form of resistance is acceptable?
It's such a great question.
I remember when just a couple of
years ago when the Palestinians
tried to go to the United Nations
and have Palestine declared a state
just like Israel did identical to
Israel.
And I said, well,
if you don't allow this,
what do you allow?
They're going diplomatic, peaceful,
nonviolent will you just and
they said, nope,
you can't protest Israel.
You can't go to the United Nations,
you can't obviously
can't do violence.
You can't do anything.
You just have to sit there and
never have freedom and
know that you're inferior to us.
And when I said things like that I
was considered a monster.
Why do you think we're outcasts?
Because we say things like that
that are true,
and that Washington despises.
It was not allowed to be said, but
she just said it in the house.
What are you going to do now?
And they all said it together.
Cory Booker Bush AOC Ilhan Omar we
don't have time to show you
all their videos but go watch them.
They're amazing.
Thank you even Mark Popa cannon
yeah and and
and some others that have kind
of been quiet on everything.
Are now speaking up on this
issue and McCollum from Minnesota
has been a giant on this issue.
So now look one final thing for me
she touched a third rail there and
she didn't die politically.
The third rail is conditioning a to
Israel.
Maybe you could have like,
like, I don't hate Palestinians.
Maybe you could have done that like
three years ago, but
that was the outer limit.
Now she's saying, yeah, I'm not
necessarily going to give you
the $3.8 billion we give you maybe
I'm going to vote no, it depends.
Are you killing people with it?
Or are you doing
something good with it?
Are you protecting your citizens?
It depends right, and that that was
heresy until about 24 hours ago.
>> Super, super fast.
I don't know if you remember back
during the Republican primary in
2016, Rand Paul, who was running
obviously as what passes for
libertarian was like no
aid anywhere.
And they were all like, yeah, and
he was like, including Israel.
They were like boo and he was like,
okay, Israel can have it.
He totally backed up instantly.
It was the fastest turnaround
I've ever seen.
>> I do remember we covered
it on the show.
He's such a coward,
you see Rand Paul,
that's how you do it?
Learn from those women, okay?
And it figure out how
to grow a set.
>> Yeah, I wanted to add about Mark
pocan comment.
It was really impressive to
see him.
This is the former co-chair of
the Congressional Progressive
caucus and he said something really
magnificent.
That I didn't expect a progressive
leader in Congress to say,
because they have been silent on
some issues, he said that to remain
silent during this time.
It's the side of the oppressor.
That's a shot at all other
Democrats >> Yeah >> To speak up
now is the time where we're
going to look back in history and
see who actually was on
the side of the oppressor and who
was on the side of human rights.
And for him to say that
honestly like you usually don't see
democrats fight, especially when
they're fighting other Democrats.
But to me that was incredible and
honestly Mark Pocan deserves a lot
of credit for
that because that did take bravery.
>> Yeah, he's the one guy that's
sometimes regresses in Washington
to say, Marco can does stuff.
I've never seen him do anything.
But that was wonderful.
And you're right Mike,
that's another line they never
cross, which is
criticizing fellow Democrats.
Which to give credit
to the republicans they cross all
the time, right?
They have actual debates.
They might be crazy but they're
real debates within the party.
If a before
in the Democratic Party Intra
party debates were unacceptable.
And you were a monster if
you did it.
Well, they just did it, right?
So maybe that could also spill over
into other issues like $15 minimum
wage where you might be able to
say, hey, you know,
fellow Democrats,
I think you might be lying.
You don't actually want it.
Because you say you want it,
then you vote no,
that gives you a pretty good
indication that you don't want it.
Look, cross
your fingers one step at a time.
But this is a monumentally
important issue on human rights.
And there's Mark Pocan can actually
being a leader, and
there's all those other wonderful
legislators fighting for justice,
like we've never seen before.
So for anyone who helps make that
happen, thank you