Tlaib accuses Biden of supporting ‘genocide of the Palestinian people’

Far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused President Biden of supporting the “genocide” of Palestinians on Friday and warned that voters “won’t forget” in 2024. 

The “Squad” lawmaker leveled the accusation in an attack video aimed at pressuring Biden, 80, to call for a cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists. 

The minute and a half long video, posted on Tlaib’s X account, juxtaposes clips of Biden vowing to “stand with Israel” and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanking the president for his “unequivocal support” with footage of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and injured and dead Palestinians. 

“Mr. President, the American people are not with you on this one,” Tlaib, an outspoken critic of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on the Jewish state, says in the video. 

“We will remember in 2024,” she adds. 

Scenes of large pro-Palestinian protests in the battleground states of Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania are included in Tlaib’s video. Chants of “From the river to the sea,” “No peace on stolen land” and “The occupation’s got to go” are subtitled. 

“Joe Biden supported the genocide of the Palestinian people,” large text near the end of the clip reads. “The American people won’t forget.”

“Biden, support a ceasefire now or don’t count on us in 2024,” the video further warns. 

Tlaib’s message to Biden comes days after she dodged a censure vote in the House over her history of anti-Israel remarks and participating in a pro-Palestinian protest last month that spilled into a Capitol office building.

Tlaib, 47, denounced Israel’s “occupation” of the Palestinian territories the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which left more than 1,400 dead — at least 33 of whom were American citizens. More than 200 civilians were also taken hostage during the unprecedented raid. 

The congresswoman representing Michigan’s 12th District has also refused to acknowledge that Israeli forces were not responsible for a Oct. 17 rocket attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. 

Both the White House and the Israeli government have determined that the explosion was caused by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket from the Palestinian side of the border. 

Islamic Jihad is a smaller, radical Palestinian terrorist group that often works with Hamas.

Tlaib’s call for a cease-fire has been echoed by several far-left House lawmakers, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.), as well as Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). 

Earlier this week, Biden expressed a desire for a “pause” in fighting to “give time to get the prisoners out.”