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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,348 posts)
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 09:39 PM Nov 2023

Montana Republican's Repulsive Palestinian Proposal Is Too Much Even for Pro-Israel Democrats

Two Jewish Democrats are leading the charge against a repugnant proposal floated by Montana Republican Representative Ryan Zinke—a bill that seeks to “deport Palestinians” from the United States.

Representatives Greg Landsman and Dan Goldman, both of whom are staunchly pro-Israel in the ongoing conflict between that nation and Hamas, have come down hard on Zinke’s xenophobic proposal, which the former Trump secretary of the interior dubbed the “Safeguarding Americans From Extremism,” or SAFE Act, countering it with a resolution rebuking the bill and condemning its 10 Republican co-sponsors.

“They’re trying to expel an entire community of people from the United States,” Landsman said in a press release. “It’s un-American. It’s not who we are. And it’s going to get people hurt. We need these folks to pull back on this dangerous rhetoric and to stop adding fuel to this fire. It’s not helping the Israelis, it’s certainly not helping the Palestinians, it’s absolutely undercutting our role in pursuing peace and stability in the region and here at home.”

If passed, the SAFE Act would render Palestinian Authority passport holders inadmissible to the country, revoke visas issued to Palestinian passport holders on or after October 1, revoke the parole of passport holders on or after October 1, and direct Homeland Security and ICE to “identify and remove” Palestinian passport holders living in the U.S., according to a release by Zinke’s office.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/montana-republican-repulsive-palestinian-proposal-212351407.html

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Montana Republican's Repulsive Palestinian Proposal Is Too Much Even for Pro-Israel Democrats (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 OP
What a nutjob. Zinke was a superb choice by Dump and now by Montana. Idiot CurtEastPoint Nov 2023 #1
Zinke wants them "transported to the East" Prairie Gates Nov 2023 #2
As one of the unrepresented... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #3
Worse Than The Japanese Interment Deep State Witch Nov 2023 #4
Actually. it's not. But it's still horrific Tom Rinaldo Nov 2023 #5

Deep State Witch

(12,755 posts)
4. Worse Than The Japanese Interment
Wed Nov 29, 2023, 11:50 AM
Nov 2023

Okay.... this is a worse idea than the Japanese internment. I didn't think that was possible.

Tom Rinaldo

(23,193 posts)
5. Actually. it's not. But it's still horrific
Wed Nov 29, 2023, 12:12 PM
Nov 2023

Full blown American citizens were subject to our WWII Japanese internment program, not just Japanese passport holders.

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