U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) suffered a crying meltdown today when she repeated an apparent untruth over the Gaza hospital “bombing.”
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📍U.S. CapitolCongresswoman @RashidaTlaib speaks to the rally calling for a ceasefire and end of the conflict.
She breaks down stating Israel bombed a hospital killing 500 – this report is now in question
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Standing in front a banner reading “Ceasefire,” Tlaib said some people think it’s “okay to bomb a hospital with children.
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“You know what’s so hard sometimes? Watching those videos and the people telling the kids, ‘Don’t cry.’ I’m like, let them cry! And they’re shaking… They can cry! I can cry! We all can cry,” Tlaib said beginning to sob.
“If we’re not crying, something is wrong!”
Tlaib’s tears soon turned to rage.
“President Biden, not all of America is with you on this one and you need to wake up and understand that,” she yelled.
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“We are literally watching people commit genocide and killing the vast majority just like this!” Tlaib bellowed, before telling the crowd of pro-Hamas protesters that they “are on the right side of history.”
Pro-Hamas protesters have blamed Israel for bombing the hospital, but evidence indicates it was a Palestinian rocket that detonated in the parking lot.