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Joseph Gedeon in Washington
Wed 17 Sep 2025 18.18 EDT

“We, as Americans, must end our complicity in the slaughter of the Palestinian people,” he wrote. “Having named it a genocide, we must use every ounce of our leverage to demand an immediate ceasefire, a massive surge of humanitarian aid facilitated by the UN, and initial steps to provide Palestinians with a state of their own.”

He now joins a small but growing list of House members including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, as well as Vermont representative Becca Balint, who also called it a genocide earlier in the day.

“Today, I believe the Israeli government is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people,” Balint wrote in an op-ed in the Courier. “As the granddaughter of a man murdered in the Holocaust, it is not easy for me to say that.”

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[–] silasmariner@programming.dev -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely love that the part of my post that it presumably got deleted for is visible in your comment about it. That says something, doesn't it?

[–] craftymansamcf@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, that we were correct you were rude with that comment. Quoting the part where you were rude is not necessarily a breach of the rules.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Good stuff, hope you find this a productive way of engaging yourself in discussion. Would hate for you to have to see a rude word (that you hadn't yourself posted, Obviously. You're special and get special rules because you're so great and we all love you)

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

What a fucking baby