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Kaelan Deese, Supreme Court Reporter


NextImg:Pramila Jayapal warns Biden's handling of Israel-Hamas war 'has alienated' key groups ahead of 2024

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) agreed Sunday that President Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war could have jeopardized support for him in 2024, warning Democrats "that is not going to help us ensure" he wins the 2024 election.

Jayapal told CNN's Dana Bash on State of the Union Sunday that she has "been out there" for the president and will continue her support but contended his handling of the war since Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel "was, unfortunately, such that it has alienated huge communities."

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The Washington Democrat was responding to Bash's question asking whether Biden's handling of the war "jeopardizes his support among progressives and Muslim American voters" and whether they "could actually stay home" when voters head to the polls in November next year.

"That's an understatement," Jayapal told Bash, explaining that while she supports Biden, she believes his handling of the war has "alienated huge communities."

She continued, "At the end of the day, the United States has its reputation to think about globally. And if we alienate all of our allies in the Middle East, that is not going to help us ensure that President Biden wins domestically at home."

Jayapal condemned Hamas on Sunday but pointed to Israel’s “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza as what’s hampering progress to a long-term solution, claiming "we have been allowing Israel to really ... violate international humanitarian law.” She further called for a coalition including the United States, Israel, and Arab countries to bring forth a long-term peace solution.

“We have to condemn what Hamas did on Oct. 7," Jayapal said of the more than 1,200 Israelis killed in the terrorist attack, but also said, "We cannot allow for 15,000 Palestinians to date to have been killed, three-quarters of whom are women and children, and say that that is going to help us in the long term."

Bash also pressed Jayapal about her position that Israel violated humanitarian law through its strikes on Gaza, juxtaposed with Hamas's violent sexual attacks on Israelis, among other acts the terrorist group committed during the Oct. 7 attack.

"I've seen a lot of progressive women, generally speaking, they're quick to defend women's rights and speak out against using rape as a weapon of war, but downright silent on what we saw on Oct. 7," Bash said.

"Dana, I think we're not, we're not— I don't want this to be the hierarchy of oppressions," Jayapal said after clarifying that "rape is horrific. Sexual assault is horrific."

"I think that it happens in war situations; terrorist organizations like Hamas, obviously, are using these as tools," Jayapal added. "However, I think we have to be balanced about bringing in the outrages against Palestinians."

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Jayapal's response comes one day after a coalition of Muslim leaders from key swing states announced a new anti-Biden campaign dubbed #AbandonBiden to be set against the backdrop of the 2024 presidential election.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a close ally to Jayapal, has been the most vocal Muslim American in Congress critical of Biden, saying he is complicit in war crimes. On Oct. 17, she said his approach to the war has "opened my eyes" in a post falsely blaming Israel for bombing a Gaza hospital.