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Which Democrats stayed silent on ‘Death to America’ chants?

Are politicians afraid that denouncing calls to destroy the U.S. will lead to lost votes?

After a video of demonstrators chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” at a pro-Iranian rally in Michigan sparked outrage, some Democrats condemned the incident – while others preferred to stay tight-lipped regarding the calls to destroy the country.

On Saturday, Muslim residents of Dearborn, Michigan, marked the Iranian-created protest holiday of Quds Day in front of a library by waving Palestinian flags and cheering for the downfall of the country in which they live.

 

Tarek Bazzi, a local activist, led the crowd in chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” Bazzi also said in a speech that the U.S. “has to go” and quoted Malcolm X, stating that “we live in one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this Earth.”

Footage of the event went viral on social media, with many pressuring politicians to speak out against the calls for the U.S. to be destroyed.

 

When asked by Fox News if President Biden condemned the incident, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answered “yes.”

She added that “peaceful protests are something that the president has also been very clear that, its important to give folks space to peacefully protest. But any type of violent rhetoric, we are going to denounce.”

 

But Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Rep. Rashida Tlaib have not publicly condemned the chants.

Notably, Whitmer posted a message about the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr on her X account on Tuesday evening, but has yet to acknowledge the “Death to America” rally.

“Eid Mubarak, Michigan. I hope you and your families had a blessed Ramadan,” Whitmer wrote.

“May you all have a blessed Eid and come together to celebrate all that makes our communities strong and our state even stronger.”

Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, is a vocal critic of Israel and has declined to state whether she will support Biden in his re-election campaign, due to what she claims is his failure to condemn Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

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Marla Strobel 16:07 11.04.2024
I agree with all of you
Rey Rivero 22:01 10.04.2024
Anybody who speaks like that inciting violence should be deported and if they are citizens then they violated their oath of allegiance to America.citizenship should be revocate it
[Anonymous] 18:31 10.04.2024
TLAIB may be a spy and the Michigan governor is probably being paid off. There is a lot of crooked politicians out there.
Jeffrey Wilcox 18:01 10.04.2024
This is VILE! Hate is never apart of the equation! Beware of these so called "peaceful" demonstration of speech
[Anonymous] 17:25 10.04.2024
I’m thinking that we need to get radical Muslims back to wherever they came from. They appear to hate us.
EMMA DAVIDSON 17:20 10.04.2024
What in the he'll are these a...holes doing living here? Did somebody force them out of the hellhole they came from? Go back. Leave. We do not need you. We do not want you
Sandy Grant 17:18 10.04.2024
Get all of them out of America Now. Why are they here? If it’s so rotten go back to the paradise they call the Middle East. They are rotting America!!!!
[Anonymous] 17:16 10.04.2024
I pray that Trump wins!! Punish these traitors?? Deport them to gehanem..
Katie Herman 16:59 10.04.2024
Plus if they hate this country there are many other countries to live in.
Katie Herman 16:57 10.04.2024
People that say things like death to America need to be investagated and followed to make sure they don’t do something to cause this in our country.
Tony Pettitt 16:56 10.04.2024
Let Natanyahu finish the job of eradicating those Jew killers. Don’t think for a minute that the Palestinian civilians believe the same way Hamas does !!!!!
Preston Culp 16:54 10.04.2024
Ship the bastards to Gaza and the politicians who support them. They hate America 🇺🇸 so ship them out.
Miriam Bassiouni 16:54 10.04.2024
Send Tlaib to Gaza Metro
Aliza Circle 16:49 10.04.2024
Tarek Bazzi can go to hell and go back where she came from. She doesn't deserve to live in the United States.
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