Pressed on whether it is time for Joe Biden to get “tough on Israel,” Nancy Pelosi has boasted she has “protected” Palestinians in her district from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and attacked the Israeli prime minister.
“You know, I have a lot of Palestinians in my district, and I’ve protected them from the FBI going to Arabic bookstores, I’ve protected them after 9/11 to bring them together, we all were in the streets against the Muslim ban,” said the former House Speaker, mischaracterizing Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries where terrorist organizations controlled swathes of territory.
Pelosi may have been seeking to restore her reputation among Muslim voters, which was damaged after she claimed pro-Palestinian demonstrators protesting for a ceasefire were peddling “Mr. Putin’s message” and urged the FBI to investigate them.
The 83-year-old also took aim at Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming she “had it with Netanyahu years ago, I mean, really, not trying to make peace or anything all along.”
She suggested she much preferred President Isaac Herzog, saying: “[H]e’s a decent person, he’s not Netanyahu.”
Pelosi claims she has "protected" Palestinians in her district from the FBI; also says Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not a "decent person." pic.twitter.com/Ny7FRCrQ2i
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) February 21, 2024